Other lucky accidents — Mythoi

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Other lucky accidents.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Hermetic / Alchemical The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged , Tract 15: The New Chemical Light, Part II, Concerning Sulphur (Michael Sendivogius)
Depth Commentary The Interpretation of Dreams , Chapter V
North American Indigenous Myths of the Cherokee , Miscellaneous Myths and Legends — Myth 114 114. TWO LAZY HUNTERS
North American Indigenous Zuni Folk Tales , Tale 22

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Filed under Lucky accidents – miscellaneous.

6 finer motifs beneath it

Father and brother accidentally return home just as they are most needed in fight King's son comes home just at his father's funeral, when the heritage has to be divided 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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Lucky fool Series of lucky successes Husband (lover) arrives home just as wife (mistress) is to marry another Prophecy of future greatness fulfilled when hero returns home unknown. Parents serve him Stranger accidentally chosen king. Picked up by sacred elephant Naked soldier becomes general. Stripped for bathing he takes his place as guard when the king unexpectedly arrives. King invites him to come naked to the castle, where he is chosen as husband by a general's daughter Fool passes as wise man by remaining silent Hero's (heroine's) identity established as he (she) is on the point of being executed Hero unwittingly helps fee's sons: rewarded What is in the dish: "Poor Crab". A sham wise man named Crab is put to a test of his powers of divination. He is to tell what is in a covered dish (crabs). In despair he says, "Poor Crab!" and is given credit for knowing Objects accidentally picked up used to overawe ogress Person reported lost joins unwittingly in search for himself Man sent away from battlefield to deliver message the only survivor of battle Apparently dead woman revives as she is being prepared for burial. Cf. Type 990 Passengers on a boat are terrorized by a cutthroat. He turns courteous and leaves them unharmed Fugitive in tree urinates from fright: pursuers think it rain and leave

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