Unexpected death at hands of an animal — Mythoi

Motif

Unexpected death at hands of an animal.

Chance and fate. · Unlucky accidents. · Accidental killing or death. · view the constellation · filed as N335

Within the index

Filed under Accidental killing or death.

7 finer motifs beneath it

Bird hunter killed by adder just as he is shooting bird Blood bath causes woman to be carried off by bird. A pregnant woman demands a bath of blood: husband substitutes a bath of red dye. A Garuda bird attracted by the dye carries her off Death by rebounding bow. Ants gnaw a bowstring, so that the bow rebounds and cuts off head of man who is leaning on it Accidental death from flying splinter of bone. Bone being gnawed by animal lets splinter fly and kills young animals Hound strikes unique vulnerable spot Series of accidental animal killings Tortoise lands on elephant's back so that elephant's back is broken

Filed beside it

Things accidentally fall and kill person Accidental poisoning Aiming at fly has fatal results Accidental fatal ending of game or joke Accidental death through dream. Man dodging blow in dream hits his head against wall and kills himself Accidental death through misdirected weapon Death as result of mistaken identity: wrong person killed Accidental death – miscellaneous

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