What is hardest? Parent's heart (said by child being sacrificed).
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Motif
Cited in the index
- general *De Vries De Sage van het ingemetselde Kind (Nederlandsch tijdschrift voor volkskunde XXXII 192ff.)
- general BP III 43
- general *Krappe Balor 165ff.
Carried in tale types
- The Clever Farmgirl [J1111 · ATU 875 702 recorded variants
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