King's son comes home just at his father's funeral, when the heritage has to be divided

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King's son comes home just at his father's funeral, when the heritage has to be divided.

Chance and fate. · Lucky accidents. · Other lucky accidents. · Lucky accidents – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as N699.2

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IcelandicBoberg.

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Father and brother accidentally return home just as they are most needed in fight Companions arrive as hero is about to be killed Orphan gets wife because swollen creek prevents marriage to someone else Boy while cutting trees comes to one which happens to be bound up with the life of an ogre. Ogre bribes him with large fortune not to cut tree Overheard wish is realized

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