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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.)

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

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“Aeneas, son of Anchises, and with him Archelochus and Acamas, sons of Antenor, and Theanus, leaders of ‘the Dardanians; of the Thracians, Acamas, son of Eusorus ; of the Cicones, Euphemus, son of Troezenus ; of the Paeonians, Pyraechmes; of the Paphlagonians, Pylaemenes, son of Bilsates; from Zelia, Pandarus, son of Lycaon ; from Adrastia, Adrastus and Amphius, sons of Merops; from Arisbe, Asius, son of Hyrtacus ; from Larissa,…”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), APOLLODORI BIBLIOTHECA, ch. 33 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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Filed under Hasty killing or condemnation (mistake).

2 finer motifs beneath it
Wrong sign put out leads to boys' leaving home. They are to be informed by a sign if a sister is bornFather causes death of innocent son, believing him guilty of adultery with father's wife
Filed beside it
Suicide in remorse over hasty condemnationKing hastily has 7,000 people put to death for stoning his judges to deathWoman wrongly condemned for drunkenness when seen to take one drinkMisunderstood message causes messenger to be killed (accused)Hasty condemnation of man who accidentally becomes suspected of crimeLover kills self believing his mistress dead. She has been frightened away by a lion. (Pyramus and Thisbe.)The falcon of Sir Federigo. An impoverished suitor has only a falcon to catch birds with. His lady's sick son wants the falcon and she goes to ask for it. The suitor serves dinner for her – his falcon. When she makes her request it is too latePigeon hastily kills his mate for stealing wheat. It has merely dried out and no longer fills the nest. When the dampness later swells the wheat, he sees his mistake and kills himself in remorseInnocent man accidentally suspected of crime. (Cf. N342.2.)Jealous husband kills innocent wife. Suspicions aroused when villain leaves his handkerchief in her room. (Othello.)Hasty killing or condemnation – miscellaneous
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Bag of winds. Wind is confined in a bag. Man breaks prohibition against looking into bag and releases windsTransformation: man to swineTransformation: woman to bitchTransformation: man to doveTransformation: man (woman) to almond treeTransformation by drinkingDisenchantment from tree form by embrace of loverMoly: magic plantMagic lotus plant. (Cf. D975.1.)Magic drinkMagic chairLotus causes forgetfulness. (Cf. D965.6, D2004.3.)

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