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Filed under Accidental killing or death.

17 finer motifs beneath it
Man falls into jar of honey and is drowned. Chases a mouseFlies caught in honey. Death from greedFoxes crowd into house and are suffocatedGroom killed by lightning on wedding nightUxorious king is burned to death while taking an alcohol bathMan forgets to wear magic gown and is killedArmy drowned by unnoticed incoming tideAccidental death from fall on own weapon (shield)Girl abducted by fairy left on shore, where she is accidentally drownedYouth gazing at own image reflected in water falls and drownsGirl lets down her sari for hero to climb up by but, when he is halfway up, sari breaks and he is killedPrefect, cursed by bishop, dies of fish-bone stuck in his throatAccidental death by striking head against lintel of doorWife throwing husband's corpse into river (according to custom) is caught by corpse's arm and drownedThief crushed to death by fallen fragments of wall he has boredKing mortally wounded on killed enemy's toothBottle wherein jinn is imprisoned inadvertently opened and jinn escapes to kill his captor
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Things accidentally fall and kill personAccidental poisoningAiming at fly has fatal resultsAccidental fatal ending of game or jokeUnexpected death at hands of an animalAccidental death through dream. Man dodging blow in dream hits his head against wall and kills himselfAccidental death through misdirected weaponDeath as result of mistaken identity: wrong person killed

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