μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Treacherous uncle.

Deceptions. · Villains and traitors. · Treacherous relatives. · view the constellation · filed as K2217

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Spanish Exempla Keller
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Treacherous relatives. Distinction between treacherous relatives and cruel relatives (S0–S99) is frequently impossible to make. Relatives whose treachery seems to be uppermost have been listed here; those usually possessing power over their charges and exercising their power in a cruel fashion have been listed under cruel relatives.

1 finer motif beneath it
Treacherous nephew kills good uncle for his money
Filed beside it
Treacherous brother. Usually elder brother Treacherous sister. Usually elder sister Treacherous wife Treacherous children Treacherous relatives-in-law

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