Angry man strikes king just in time to save his life — Mythoi

Motif

Angry man strikes king just in time to save his life.

Chance and fate. · Lucky accidents. · Other lucky accidents. · Life saved by accident. · view the constellation · filed as N656

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Life saved by accident.

Filed beside it

Pet swan saves self by singing death song. Master about to mistake the swan in the dark for the goose that is to be slaughtered Nut falls and wakes man about to be bitten by snake Child falls from cliff; uninjured Hero catches spear hurled at him and kills serpent with it Waves break caul of abandoned child. He is rescued Warriors discover in the last moment that it is their own chief they are about to murder by burning Husband arrives home just in time to save wife and her father from being burned to death in their home Life saved by accident – miscellaneous

Carried in tale types

The Lucky Blow · ATU 1646 1 recorded variant

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