μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Faithful servant guarding master's wife from danger falsely condemned for betraying his master.

Chance and fate. · Unlucky accidents. · Hasty killing or condemnation (mistake). · view the constellation · filed as N342.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Basile Pentamerone IV No. 9
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Korean Zong in-Sob 155ff. No. 68.
  • general *Type 516
  • general *BP I 42ff.
  • general *Rösch FFC LXXVII 129
Within the index

Filed under Hasty condemnation of man who accidentally becomes suspected of crime.

1 finer motif beneath it
Faithful son guarding his father from monster falsely accused by stepmother
Filed beside it
Stumbling over bloody corpse brings accusation of murder. Man gets blood on himself Jealous and overhasty man kills his rescuing twin brother False accusation overheard causes hasty killing Angry brother kills husband, thinking latter had killed wife (sister) and baby Woman mistakenly accused of cannibalism. She is seen biting off finger of corpse to get its ring
Carried in tale types

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