The constellation
H481 Infant picks out his unknown father
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
beneath it
keeps company
- Girl as helper · N831 entry
- Tabu: loss of chastity. Hero loses power with loss of chastity · C111 entry
- Nuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite time · C117 entry
- Magic pastry (bread, cake, etc.) · D1031 entry
- Miscellaneous forms of transformation · D490 entry
- Extraordinary club. (Cf. F531.4.5.4.) · F835 entry
- Succession of helpers on quest. One helper sends to another, who sends to another, etc. (Cf. H1241.) · H1235 entry
carried in tale type
- The Lazy Boy · ATU 675
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 54