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• Origin of fire – children strike rocks together, accidentally produce fire. A1414.3
• Animal characteristics: accidental action of ancient animal. A2211
• Son accidentally kills father, who returns to life as cuckoo and tells people when to sow grain. A2275.6
• Magic object accidentally found. D841
• 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
• Persons who die violent or accidental deaths cannot rest in grave. E411.10
• Accidental arrival in lower world. F102
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Accidental self-injury. N397
• Secrets of animals (demons) accidentally overheard from tree (bridge) hiding place. N451.1
• Treasure left in stick. It accidentally falls apart. N521
• Poor boy accidentally finds deserted city with treasure. N534.5
• Jewel found accidentally on a bought donkey's neck. N534.8
• Rich mine discovered by accidental breaking off of rock. N596.2
• Accidental discovery of crime. N610
• Criminal accidentally detected: "that is the first." N611
• Criminal accidentally detected: "that is the first" – sham wise man. The sham wise man employed to detect theft is feasted. As the servants enter with food he remarks to his wife, "That is the first" (course). (Or allowed to feast for three days remarks at end of first day "That is the first.") The servants, thinking they are detected, confess. N611.1
• Name of criminal accidentally spoken out (identical with ordinary word in speech). N611.1.1
• Criminal accidentally detected: "That is the first" – sleepy woman counting her yawns. Robber hearing her flees. (Cf. N612.) N611.2
• Impostor accidentally gives king talking bed which reveals his identity. N617
• Officer comes accidentally to the same building where the fugitive sleeps. N618
• Accidental success in hunting or fishing. N620
• Arrow accidentally makes shot for which prize is given. N621.1
• Man falls into well and accidentally kills cobra: rewarded. N624
• Accidental acquisition of treasure or money. N630
• Accidental healing. N640
• Insane man accidentally cured by blow on head. N642
• Thorn accidentally removed from cobra's throat by woman's finger. Grateful cobra. N647
• King accidentally cured by doctor's ruse and excuses pretended inability to cure him. N648
• Youth accidentally absent when entire family is wiped out. N659.2
• Accidental escapes. N660
• Incest accidentally averted. N681.3
• Man about to consummate marriage with own mother; accidentally prevented. N681.3.1
• Man in love with his own sister accidentally learns her identity. N681.3.2
• Stranger accidentally chosen king. Picked up by sacred elephant. N683
• Doctor know-all accidentally saves raja. Roof caves in after he has dragged raja out with the intention of killing him and putting an end to all of his questions. N688.1
• Objects accidentally picked up used to overawe ogress. N691
• Father and brother accidentally return home just as they are most needed in fight. N699.1
• Accidental encounters. N700
• Accidental meeting of hero and heroine. N710
• King (prince) accidentally finds maiden and marries her. N711
• Accidental meeting with the son of the only person who can overcome curse on hero. N718