Slaughter of children to prevent fulfillment of parricide prophecy

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Slaughter of children to prevent fulfillment of parricide prophecy.

Ordaining the future. · Prophecies. · Vain attempts to escape fulfillment of prophecy. · view the constellation · filed as M375.2

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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Irish mythCross
IndiaThompson-Balys
HinduKeith 171.

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Filed under Slaughter of innocents to avoid fulfillment of prophecy.

Filed beside it

All male children killed for fear that they will overcome parent Child mutilated to avoid fulfillment of prophecy Wooers slain to avoid fulfillment of prophecy

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