Father mutilates children. (Cf. S160.) — Mythoi

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

Filed across the traditions

Greek Fox 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

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Carried in tale types

The Maiden without Hands · ATU 706 4 recorded variants

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