Only the youngest of group of imprisoned women refuses to eat her newborn child

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Only the youngest of group of imprisoned women refuses to eat her newborn child.

Reversal of fortune. · Victorious youngest child. · Youngest of group victorious. · view the constellation · filed as L71

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

India*Thompson-Balys.

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Youngest animal in group overcomes adversary

Carried in tale types

The Outcast Queens and the Ogress Queen · ATU 4622 recorded variants

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