The constellation
S321 Destitute parents abandon children
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- Children abandoned in famine · S321.1 entry
carried in tale type
- Hansel and Gretel · ATU 327A
filed beside
- Undesirable children exposed, desirable preserved · S311 entry
- Illegitimate child exposed. (Cf. S12.2.1, T640.) · S312 entry
- Child of supernatural birth exposed. (Cf. T520.) · S313 entry
- Twins (triplets) exposed. (Cf. T587.) · S314 entry
- Children abandoned (driven forth, exposed) by hostile relative · S322 entry
- Pregnant woman ordered by husband to kill child to be born · S324 entry
- Diseased child exposed · S325 entry
- Disobedient children cast forth · S326 entry
- Child cast out because of his stupidity · S327 entry
- Mother sells her child to heathen sailors · S328 entry