The constellation
T688 Children sleep in village dormitory
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- Each likes his own children best. Snipe asks sportsman to spare its small ones, easily recognized as being the prettiest in the forest. To be on the safe side he shoots only the ugliest he can find. They are the young snipes. (Often told of the ape.) · T681 entry
- Hero a posthumous son · T682 entry
- Devil substitutes himself for new-born child · T684 entry
- Twins. (Cf. T587.) · T685 entry
- Quadruplet heroes · T686 entry
- Triplets (as heroes) · T687 entry