Axe thrown at one animal misses but kills another

Motif

Axe thrown at one animal misses but kills another.

Chance and fate. · Unlucky accidents. · Accidental killing or death. · view the constellation · filed as N337.3

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Accidental death through misdirected weapon.

Filed beside it

Blind poet unintentionally kills friend Hero, while measuring wild boar, accidentally wounded mortally by bristle

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