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Group No. 142


Letter

N. Chance and fate

Group No.

N500 – N599

Group name

Treasure trove

Description

N511.1. Treasure buried by men. Irish myth: *Cross; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 692; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 425ff., (1931) 297ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman.
 
N512. Treasure in underground chamber (cavern). *Type 676; *Winter 23; *Hartland Science 174, 176, 189; Irish myth: *Cross; U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: Boberg; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 39f., 221; Japanese: Ikeda; West Indies: Flowers 564.
 
N514.2. Treasure in temple. Jewish: Neuman.
 
N529.2. Pearl found in fish. Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
N534.8. Jewel found accidentally on a bought donkey’s neck. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
N536. Treasure pointed out by angels. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman, bin Gorion Born Judas@2 I 188, 374.
 
N537. Speaking bird tells where treasure is buried. Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman, *bin Gorion Born Judas IV 29, 275; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
N577. Blind man carrying lame man as guardians of treasure. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
N583. Angel as guardian of treasure. Jewish: Neuman.

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