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Motifs
- Quest for the anger of God. Man is so fortunate that people say that he has everything but the anger of God. He seeks it and finds it with much misfortune. H1376.3.1
- Fortunate youngest son. Always has good luck. L11
- Old chosen rather than new. Fortunate choice. L214
- Proud animal less fortunate than humble. L450
- The luckless son and his envious father. Seeing a luck-bringing animal at his son's house, the wizard father orders it to be destroyed, but the grandchildren eat of its meat and become fortunate. N251.6
- Unintentional injuries bring unfortunate consequences. (Sometimes the injuries are mere breeches of tabu.) N385
- Man's inordinate laughter brings unfortunate results. N399.2
- Blue fortunate in love matters. T3.1
- Equanimity of the enslaved unfortunate. Does not complain when beset by a series of misfortunes. (Cf. N251.1.) W25.1