Cowherd rescues abandoned child — Mythoi

Motif

Cowherd rescues abandoned child.

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescue of abandoned or lost persons. · view the constellation · filed as R131.3.3

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
English Wells 20 (William of Palerne)
Greek *Frazer Apollodorus I 338 n. 1. → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. V
general MacCulloch Celtic 74

Within the index

Filed under Herdsman rescues abandoned child. (Cf. S351.2.)

1 finer motif beneath it

Person pushed into well by wife rescued by cowherd

Filed beside it

Shepherd rescues abandoned child. (Cf. N841.) Goatherd rescues abandoned child Swineherd rescues abandoned child

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Sphinx. Has face of woman, body and tail of lion, wings of bird Tabu: killing sacred dragon. (Cf. B11.) Transformation to animal for breaking tabu Transformation: man to dolphin Transformation: oars and masts to serpents Transformation as punishment Journey to upper world. Most references for F0 discuss this motif Man kills son thinking that he is cutting a branch Women, driven mad, devour their infants' flesh Mother kills son thinking him a wild beast Punishment: drawing asunder by horses. (Cf. Q469.12.) Child's ankles pierced before exposing him

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