Accidental meeting of mother and son

Motif

Accidental meeting of mother and son.

Chance and fate. · Accidental encounters. · Accidental reunion of families. · view the constellation · filed as N735

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Japanese / ShintoKojiki: Records of Ancient Matters, Section 33

Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish myth*Cross
JewishNeuman
IndiaThompson-Balys
ChineseGraham.

Within the index

Filed under Accidental reunion of families.

1 finer motif beneath it

Begging ascetics beg alms of their own mother

Filed beside it

Unexpected meeting of father and son Accidental meeting of father and daughter Accidental meeting of brothers Accidental meeting of brother and sister Accidental meeting of mother and daughter Accidental reunion of lovers Accidental meeting of nephew and uncle. Hero takes refuge unwittingly at his uncle's court Unexpected meeting of husband and wife Accidental meeting of sisters Accidental meeting of seeker of exiled prince with prince at meal. Messenger in pilgrim garb invites unknown prince to eat with him. Recognition Accidental meeting of cousins

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