The constellation
S338 Father abandons his daughter in forest and leaves axes tied so that they move in wind. Daughter thinks he is cutting wood
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- Exposure of child in boat (floating chest). See references for S141, nearly all of which refer to this motif · S331 entry
- Queen hides her child and accuses wolf of eating it · S332 entry
- Child's ankles pierced before exposing him · S333 entry
- Tokens of royalty (nobility) left with exposed child. (Cf. H80.) · S334 entry
- Child exposed at palace gate · S335 entry
- Abandoned child wrapped in straw · S336 entry
- Children enticed into grain pot and imprisoned · S337 entry
- Exposure prevented · S341 entry
- Mother induced by rival to kill her children · S342 entry
- Parents trick children into going on hunt, and then abandon them in forest. (Cf. S143.) · S345 entry