Woman seeks unknown father of her child.
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Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , APOLLODORI BIBLIOTHECA, ch. 33
- Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK II, ch. IV
- Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 1, Section CXXXIV
- Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 27
- Literary Crystallization The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise , Paradise 6
Filed across the traditions
- Icelandic Boberg
- Missouri French Carrière
- India Thompson-Balys
- S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano) Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 484
- general *Type 551
- general BP II 394ff.
- general (Tupinamba): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 132.
Carried in tale types
- Water of Life (previously The Sons on a Quest for a Wonderful Remedy for their Father) · ATU 551 8 recorded variants
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