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• Mountain from accident to primeval lizard. Lizard passing through a mountain is broken; his fore and hinder parts become mountains. A961.3
• Man chosen as best gift by primeval women. In beginning only women on earth. Deity kills one by accident and promises anything as reparation. They choose man. A1276
• Men originally blind: eyes opened by accident. A1316.3.3
• Origin of fire – children strike rocks together, accidentally produce fire. A1414.3
• Animal characteristics: accidental action of ancient animal. A2211
• Other accidents to ancient animal. A2219
• Son accidentally kills father, who returns to life as cuckoo and tells people when to sow grain. A2275.6
• Plant characteristics from accident to original plant. A2741
• Animal warns against accident. B521.2
• Magic object accidentally found. D841
• Magic object protects from discomfort or from accident on journey. D1384
• Noose used by suicide as protection from accident. (Cf. D1278.) D1384.2
• When spying follower accidentally touches holy man's cloak he loses his eyesight and falls down senseless. (Cf. D1053.) D1410.8
• Power of prophecy from accidental drinking of water from magic fountain. D1812.2.3
• Man killed by accident when ship is pushed into the sea taken as an evil omen. D1812.5.1.23
• Ghost haunts place of great accident or misfortune. E275
• The Vanishing Hitchhiker. Ghost of young woman asks for ride in automobile, disappears from closed car without the driver's knowledge, after giving him address to which she wishes to be taken. Driver asks person at address about the rider, finds she has been dead for some time. (Often driver finds that ghost has made similar attempts to return, usually on anniversary of death in automobile accident. Often ghost leaves some item such as a scarf or a traveling bag in car.) E332.3.3.1
• Ghost of person killed in accident seen at death or burial spot. E334.2.2
• Sounds of accident re-enact tragedy. E337.1.2
• Persons who die violent or accidental deaths cannot rest in grave. E411.10
• Person otherwise killed by accident cannot rest in grave. E414.1
• Accidental arrival in lower world. F102
• Knockers appear to miners before accidents occur: the sight of one serves as a warning to leave mine. F456.1.2.2.4
• Cobold accidently acquired. A rope or chicken is found and taken home. Found to be a cobold. F481.0.1.4
• Human blood (flesh) accidentally tasted: brings desire for human flesh. G36.2
• Recognition through accidental encounter. H152
• Princess defeated in repartee by means of objects accidentally picked up. E. g., Hero: What red lips you have! Princess: There is fire inside. – Hero: Then boil this egg (producing egg). H507.1.0.1
• Accidental discovery of answer to riddle. H575
• Jackal accidentally made king but joins other jackals in howling at night. Killed. J512.13
• Rag accidentally in king's wardrobe thinks it is a ribbon. J953.18
• Intentional and accidental fire. Rich man wishing to get rid of a neighbor's tree sets it afire. Neighbor's house catches and burns. Must pay four times value of tree since fire is intentional, but only actual value of house, since that fire was accidental. J1175.2
• The blacksmith's and the horse-trader's dreams. They are forced to sleep together because of lack of room. The blacksmith tells the horsetrader that he often dreams that he is striking the bellows and that he may accidently strike him in the night. The horsetrader retaliates by dreaming that he is riding a horse and drives the spurs into the blacksmith. J1622
• Fool re-enacts the accident. Falls and injures self and others. (Cf. J2062.) J2133.14
• Men hang old bedridden weaver instead of young, valuable member of colony after the young man has accidentally killed an Indian. The Indian tribe demands punishment. J2233.1.1
• Question: did the man ever have a head? A man's head is snatched off by accident and his companions do not see what has happened. Debate: did he ever have a head? J2381
• Bungling fool has succession of accidents. J2661
• The fool accidentally kills his child and loses the body. J2661.1
• The fool seeks a midwife. Accidentally strikes the dog dead, drowns the midwife, and kills the child. J2661.2
• Damages for accidentally broken water pot: to pay for elephant. K251.5
• Trickster pretends to have spit in wine accidentally. Is allowed to drink it. K355.1
• Stolen bacon offered to the owner. Making off with bacon, thief accidentally enters farmer's living-room. Boldly says: "Master, the devil from hell sends you bacon." The farmer: "Take yourself off to hell with the bacon." K419.4
• Man lured into aiding trickster who has feigned an accident or needs help. Is killed. K833
• Lover's gift regained: accidental discovery of identity. The lover, ignorant of the identity of the husband, tells him of his experience with the wife. The husband persuades the lover to lead him to the scene, where the wife is compelled to restore all but a small part of the money. K1581.4
• Person sends wrong man to sleep with king's daughter. In revenge villain orders whoever first enters temple to be killed. Villain accidentally enters and is slain. K1612.1
• Through power of saint, man is caused to assume lover's form and sleep with princess. Lover plots death of saint, but is accidentally slain in his place. K1915.2
• Pepper as universal remedy of sham doctor: accidentally works. K1955.2.1
• Sham wise man accidentally predicts weather correctly. K1956.9
• Woman makes vain overtures to stepson and falsely accuses him of murder. She tries to poison him but her own son accidentally takes the beverage and apparently dies. Plot is revealed when doctor states that he had substituted sleeping potion for the poison. K2111.1
• The three hunchback brothers drowned. A drunken man is employed, by the woman who has accidently slain three hunchback brothers, to throw one into the river. He does so. Then she puts another out and finally the third. The man thinks they keep coming to life. Finally he sees the woman's hunchback husband and drowns him. K2322
• Enraged old woman prophesies for youth. He has accidentally knocked her over (broken water pot, etc.). M301.2.1
• Man whose death has been prophesied takes refuge in church, but is accidentally slain through window by arrow directed at stag. M381
• Boast of poor boy made good by fate: he boasts to elder brothers he will build a palace on a certain spot; accidentally comes on treasure trove and makes good his boast. N234
• Detection by accidental remark. Wife misunderstands husband's remark and confesses. N275.3
• Unlucky accidents. N300
• Accidental separations. N310
• Accidental separation of lovers. N318
• Princess accidentally elopes with wrong man. N318.2
• Accidental killing or death. N330
• Things accidentally fall and kill person. N331
• Knife accidentally strikes girl's throat and kills her. N331.1.1
• Prince's arrow accidentally grazes breast of merchant's wife. N331.1.2
• Bread accidentally dropped from tree on bear's nose kills bear. N331.2
• Accidental poisoning. N332
• Man accidentally fed bread which his father has poisoned. The wicked man puts poison in the bread he gives a beggar. The beggar gives his loaf to the son. N332.1
• Poisoned bath prepared for another accidentally used by hero. N332.1.1
• Horse accidentally poisoned instead of master. An attempt is made to give the hero a poisoned cup. He is on horseback and spurs his horse away to avoid the cup. The poison is spilled and enters the horse's ear and kills him. N332.2
• Elephant on rampage accidentally poisoned instead of man. Man claims having killed elephant. N332.2.1
• Boy accidentally drinks "poison" intended for his stepbrother. Doctor had substituted sleeping potion for the requested poison. N332.4
• Youth accidentally takes the poison he intended for his father. N332.4.1
• Hidden fruit accidentally poisoned by snake. N332.7
• Man accidentally killed by bear trying to chase away flies. N333.2
• Accidental fatal ending of game or joke. N334
• Hanging in game or jest accidentally proves fatal. N334.2
• Accidental death from flying splinter of bone. Bone being gnawed by animal lets splinter fly and kills young animals. N335.4
• Series of accidental animal killings. N335.6
• Accidental death through dream. Man dodging blow in dream hits his head against wall and kills himself. N336
• Accidental death through misdirected weapon. N337
• Hero, while measuring wild boar, accidentally wounded mortally by bristle. N337.2
• Accidental death – miscellaneous. N339
• Accidental death from fall on own weapon (shield). N339.8
• Accidental death of father from fall into the fire when taking down weapons for his son. N339.8.1
• Girl abducted by fairy left on shore, where she is accidentally drowned. N339.9
• Accidental death by striking head against lintel of door. N339.13
• Hasty condemnation of man who accidentally becomes suspected of crime. N342
• Innocent man accidentally suspected of crime. (Cf. N342.2.) N347
• Accidental loss of property. N350
• Beggar accidentally overlooks money put into his way. N351.2
• Other unlucky accidents. N380
• Drop of honey causes chain of accidents. Hunter drops honey in a grocery; weasel eats honey; cat chases weasel; dog chases cat; grocer kills dog: all the cause of a bloody feud between villages. N381
• Ant pinching frog causes chain of accidents. N381.1
• Blind men accidentally hurt each other. (Trying to kill pig, or the like.) N388
• Mistress expecting lover accidentally exchanges places with her maidservant. N391.1
• Escaping prisoner falls by accident onto tiger's back and is carried away. N392.1
• Accidental self-injury. N397
• Additional unlucky accidents. N399
• Lucky accident. N400
• Secrets of animals (demons) accidentally overheard from tree (bridge) hiding place. N451.1
• Treasure left in stick. It accidentally falls apart. N521
• Treasure discovered by accident. N534
• Poor boy accidentally finds deserted city with treasure. N534.5