Exposed or abandoned child rescued — Mythoi

Motif

Exposed or abandoned child rescued.

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

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg
Irish myth *Cross
Missouri French Carrière
Spanish Espinosa II No. 19, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 138–41
India *Thompson-Balys.
general Gaster Oldest Stories 171

Within the index

Filed under Rescue of abandoned or lost persons.

22 finer motifs beneath it

Nurse begs alms from door to door so as to keep child and nurture him Miraculous rescue of all exposed children Hunter rescues abandoned child Miller rescues abandoned child Herdsman rescues abandoned child. (Cf. S351.2.) Fisher rescues abandoned child Servant rescues abandoned child Peasant rescues abandoned child Merchant rescues abandoned child. (Cf. N851.) Other workmen rescue abandoned child Porter rescues abandoned child Hermit rescues abandoned child. (Cf. N843, R169.2.) Exalted person rescues abandoned child Fairy rescues abandoned child. (Cf. F311.) Palmer rescues abandoned child. (Cf. N846.1.) Sailors rescue abandoned child Children abandoned in a boat survive storm and are rescued Angel rescues abandoned child Coyote rescues abandoned child(ren) Pious woman rescues abandoned child Bard (poet) rescues abandoned child Indians rescue abandoned children

Filed beside it

Vanished wife rescued Abandoned children (wife, etc.) find way back by clue (bread-crumb, grain, pebble, etc.). They have dropped the objects while being led away Mermaid rescues heroine who has been thrown overboard. (Cf. B81.) Rescue from shipwreck Rescue from well Exposed children swallowed by earth; vomited up when grown. (Cf. F900.) Abandoned man befriended by a Centaur. (Cf. B21.)

Carried in tale types

The Predestined Wife [T22 · ATU 930A 4 recorded variants
Oedipus · ATU 931 1 recorded variant

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