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• Origin of fire – children strike rocks together, accidentally produce fire. A1414.3
• 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
• Human blood (flesh) accidentally tasted: brings desire for human flesh. G36.2
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Princess accidentally elopes with wrong man. N318.2
• 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
• 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
• Hanging in game or jest accidentally proves fatal. N334.2
• Hero, while measuring wild boar, accidentally wounded mortally by bristle. N337.2
• Girl abducted by fairy left on shore, where she is accidentally drowned. N339.9
• Hasty condemnation of man who accidentally becomes suspected of crime. N342
• Innocent man accidentally suspected of crime. (Cf. N342.2.) N347
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Arrow accidentally makes shot for which prize is given. N621.1
• Man falls into well and accidentally kills cobra: rewarded. N624
• 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
• 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
• King (prince) accidentally finds maiden and marries her. N711
• Hunter accidentally discovers beautiful girl being secretly reared in a cave. N724
• Daughter's good fortune accidentally discovered by father who has become a beggar. N732.2.1
• Parents accidentally meet daughter who has survived their attempts to drown her. N732.3
• Brothers accidentally reunited when wedding of one to a king's daughter is celebrated and neighboring rulers are invited. N733.5
• Person accidentally met unexpectedly knows the other's name. N762
• Abandoned children accidentally discovered by villainess. N768
• Hero stays overnight in peasant's house, to which he accidentally comes, and where he gets advice and direction. (Cf. H1232.4.) P411.4
• Inscription accidentally seen tells hero how to escape captivity. R217
• Bride wounded accidentally on way home. Fatal wound from bridegroom's sword. T152
• Woman impregnated after accidentally partaking of crane's dung. T511.8.5
• Performing fox accidentally killed miraculously replaced for saint. V224.4
• Series of things acquired by mouse – "You cannot have this but you may have that instead," – etc. Clod – fish – cakes – kid – goat – drum – girl. Girl kills mouse accidentally. Z39.9
• Brahmin worships idol and sets sacrifices before it daily. Rat devours offerings and he sets it up as his idol as a being more powerful than his idol. When cat devours rat, he worships it instead. His wife accidentally kills the cat, so he sets her up to worship. He happens to slap her and she loses consciousness. Thereafter he worships himself as most powerful after all. Z42.3