Son deposes father and usurps throne — Mythoi

Motif

Son deposes father and usurps throne.

Society. · The family. · Parents and children. · view the constellation · filed as P236.4

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Undutiful children.

Filed beside it

Folly of father's giving all property to children before his death. They abandon him Supposed chest of gold induces children to care for aged father. They think that the chest of stones contains the inheritance Not daring to curse father directly, son does so indirectly Undutiful children ridicule father while he is drunk and naked Undutiful son overawes his father by threats Undutiful son taught lesson showing his mother has suffered from him

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