The constellation
S141 Exposure in boat. A person (usually woman or child) set adrift in a boat (chest, basket, cask)
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- Cast-off wife and child exposed in boat · S431.1 entry
- Cruel uncle · S71 entry
- Imprisoned virgin to prevent knowledge of men (marriage, impregnation). Usually kept in a tower. (Danaë.) · T381 entry
- Long pregnancy. Delayed by an enemy who bewitches the mother · T574 entry
- Supernatural growth. (Cf. T585.) · T615 entry
- Women old from their birth · T615.2 entry
- Devastating fox. Monthly human sacrifice · B16.2.1 entry
- Nuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite time · C117 entry
- Magic sandals · D1065.5 entry
- Magic cap · D1067.2 entry
cross-ref
carried in tale type
- The Lazy Boy · ATU 675
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK II, ch. IV
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 40