Faithful servant sacrifices sons to save life of king. Sons resuscitated and servant enriched — Mythoi

Motif

Faithful servant sacrifices sons to save life of king. Sons resuscitated and servant enriched.

Society. · Other social relationships. · Master and servant. · view the constellation · filed as P361.3

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.
general Penzer IV 177f., VI 272f.

Within the index

Filed under Faithful servant.

Filed beside it

Faithful servant dies for his master. Puts on his master's clothes so as to be slain in his place. (Cf. P316.) Faithful servant remains at home and fights for exiled hero Faithful nurse tries to save tyrant's daughter by exposing her own in her place Abandoned maiden helped by her faithful nurse Faithful servant dies avenging master's death Captain will not betray king's secret. He refuses to betray where recruits are being raised Faithful servant undergoes torture for sake of his master Crow lets itself be caught so as to save king of crows

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