μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Incest accidentally averted.

Chance and fate. · Lucky accidents. · Other lucky accidents. · Lucky accidents – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as N681.3

Within the index

Filed under Husband (lover) arrives home just as wife (mistress) is to marry another.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Man about to consummate marriage with own mother; accidentally prevented Man in love with his own sister accidentally learns her identity
Filed beside it
Return home to one's own funeral Wife finds lost husband just as he is to marry another Ruler makes ready to abandon barren wife and marry another. He remains with her when he learns that she is with child Son returns on day his mother is to be married to another (though her husband still lives)

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