Sickle sold for fortune in land without sickles — Mythoi

Motif

Sickle sold for fortune in land without sickles.

Chance and fate. · Lucky accidents. · Lucky business ventures. · Lucky business venture. · view the constellation · filed as N411.2

Cited in the index

general *Types 1650, 1202
general *BP II 69ff., 72 n. 1.

Within the index

Filed under Object unknown in a country sold for a fortune.

1 finer motif beneath it

Sickle as only inheritance

Filed beside it

Whittington's cat. A cat in a mouse-infested land without cats sold for a fortune Fortune from informing foreign king of use of saddle, bridle, and stirrups Salt in saltless land sold for fortune Sandalwood merchant sells his product at high price in land lacking sandalwood

Carried in tale types

The Three Lucky Brothers · ATU 1650 1 recorded variant

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