Father mutilates children. (Cf. S160.)

Motif

Father mutilates children. (Cf. S160.)

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel relatives. · Cruel parents. · view the constellation · filed as S11.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary CrystallizationThe Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, Hell 28
FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune XXXIII
Literary CrystallizationMasnavi i Ma'navi: The Spiritual Couplets (abridged), Book 1, Story 3
Greco-RomanPausanias's Description of Greece, Book 3
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic)The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation), Book 3, Canto 19

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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GreekFox 74 (Phineus).
general *Type 706

Within the index

Filed under Cruel father.

Filed beside it

Jealous father sends son to upper world on stretching tree Father kills child Father plans child's death Father banishes son at request of fairy wife. (Cf. F302, S322.4.3.)Father flogs child

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Mutilations

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The Maiden without Hands · ATU 7064 recorded variants

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