Life saved by accident – miscellaneous — Mythoi

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Life saved by accident – miscellaneous.

Chance and fate. · Lucky accidents. · Other lucky accidents. · Life saved by accident. · view the constellation · filed as N659

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Filed under Life saved by accident.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Poisoned cakes intended for man by his wife eaten by thieves: booty left to man Youth accidentally absent when entire family is wiped out

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 Angry man strikes king just in time to save his life 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

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