Wrong sign put out leads to boys' leaving home. They are to be informed by a sign if a sister is born

Motif

Wrong sign put out leads to boys' leaving home. They are to be informed by a sign if a sister is born.

Chance and fate. · Unlucky accidents. · Hasty killing or condemnation (mistake). · view the constellation · filed as N344.1

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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ItalianBasile Pentamerone IV No. 8.
general *Type 451
general BP I 70ff.

Within the index

Filed under Father kills self believing that son is dead. The son forgets to spread white sails, the prearranged signal of his safety. (Told also of lovers.)

Filed beside it

Father causes death of innocent son, believing him guilty of adultery with father's wife

Carried in tale types

The Maiden Who Seeks her Brothers · ATU 4513 recorded variants

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