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- Stream unexpectedly bursts from side of mountain. A934.9
- Devil invoked: appears unexpectedly. C12
- The husband in the chicken house. The husband returns unexpectedly and surprises his wife with her lover. She makes the husband believe he is pursued and hides him in the chicken house. (Cf. K1514.9.) K1514.1
- The feigned wedding-feast. The husband returns unexpectedly to find his wife entertaining the paramour with a sumptuous feast. He is made to believe the feast is in honor of some newly-weds. K1527
- Naked soldier becomes general. Stripped for bathing he takes his place as guard when the king unexpectedly arrives. King invites him to come naked to the castle, where he is chosen as husband by a general's daughter. N684
- Father unexpectedly meets abandoned son and reinstates him. N731.3
- Husband and wife become separated in shipwreck. Wife unexpectedly meets husband on street. They are reunited. N741.2
- Person accidentally met unexpectedly knows the other's name. N762