Mother dies of fright when she learns that she was about to commit incest with her son. He has disguised himself to test her chastity

Motif

Mother dies of fright when she learns that she was about to commit incest with her son. He has disguised himself to test her chastity.

Chance and fate. · Unlucky accidents. · Other unlucky accidents. · view the constellation · filed as N383.3

Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general *Krappe Balor 181ff.
general Alphabet No. 710 (Secundus).

Within the index

Filed under Man falls dead from sudden realization.

Filed beside it

Man falls dead when he realizes that he has been riding over frozen sea Man falls dead when he realizes that he has eaten bread from flour used for abscess plaster

Travels with

Death from fright. (Cf. N383.3.)

Carried in tale types

A Mother Dies of Fright when she Learns that she Was About to Commit Incest with her Son · ATU 823A*1 recorded variant
The Inquisitive King · ATU 920A*1 recorded variant

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