Object unknown in a country sold for a fortune — Mythoi

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Object unknown in a country sold for a fortune.

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

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Filed under Lucky business venture.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Whittington's cat. A cat in a mouse-infested land without cats sold for a fortune Sickle sold for fortune in land without sickles 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

Filed beside it

Fortune from trifling sum sent abroad with merchant King's example makes merchant wealthy. The king buys shoes for a high price and then has all his dinner guests buy them Lucky bargain Abducted princess wishes that she were with rejected suitor; discovers that she is Poor man carries unwittingly in his water jar a large scorpion which brings him fortune

Travels with

Child promised to devil for acting as godfather. (Cf. N411.)

Carried in tale types

The Three Lucky Brothers · ATU 16501 recorded variant