μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Accidental death – miscellaneous.

Chance and fate. · Unlucky accidents. · Accidental killing or death. · view the constellation · filed as N339

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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 mouse Flies caught in honey. Death from greed Foxes crowd into house and are suffocated Groom killed by lightning on wedding night Uxorious king is burned to death while taking an alcohol bath Man forgets to wear magic gown and is killed Army drowned by unnoticed incoming tide Accidental death from fall on own weapon (shield) Girl abducted by fairy left on shore, where she is accidentally drowned Youth gazing at own image reflected in water falls and drowns Girl lets down her sari for hero to climb up by but, when he is halfway up, sari breaks and he is killed Prefect, cursed by bishop, dies of fish-bone stuck in his throat Accidental death by striking head against lintel of door Wife throwing husband's corpse into river (according to custom) is caught by corpse's arm and drowned Thief crushed to death by fallen fragments of wall he has bored King mortally wounded on killed enemy's tooth Bottle wherein jinn is imprisoned inadvertently opened and jinn escapes to kill his captor
Filed beside it
Things accidentally fall and kill person Accidental poisoning Aiming at fly has fatal results Accidental fatal ending of game or joke Unexpected death at hands of an animal 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

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