Father unexpectedly meets abandoned son and reinstates him — Mythoi

Motif

Father unexpectedly meets abandoned son and reinstates him.

Chance and fate. · Accidental encounters. · Accidental reunion of families. · view the constellation · filed as N731.3

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Unexpected meeting of father and son.

Filed beside it

Unknown son returns to father's court Father-son combat. Neither knows who the other is. (Sohrab and Rustem.) At execution block condemned man discovered to be king's unknown son

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