Unlucky encounter causes treasure-seekers to talk and thus lose treasure — Mythoi

Motif

Unlucky encounter causes treasure-seekers to talk and thus lose treasure.

Chance and fate. · Lucky accidents. · Treasure trove. · Unearthing hidden treasure. · view the constellation · filed as N553.2

Filed across the traditions

Finnish-Swedish Wessman 78f. Nos. 659, 664–672
Danish Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 439ff., 447ff., (1931) 304ff., 307ff.
North Carolina Brown Collection I 692f.
general *Fb "skat" III 236b

Within the index

Filed under Tabus in effect while treasure is being unearthed.

Filed beside it

Tabu: incontinence while treasure is being raised Treasure finders must not take all of money Tabu: looking around while raising treasure Tabu: fear of threatening animals while treasure is being raised

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “treasure-seekers” · wander