μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Cruel king slays brother and brother's son.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel relatives. · Cruel parents. · view the constellation · filed as S11.3.5

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Filed under Father kills child.

Filed beside it
Man who doubts his children's paternity kills them. Murders wife and paramour Father kills deformed children. (Cf. S325.0.1.) Father kills son Cruel father, learning that he is to be killed by his son, puts to death all children born to him. (Cf. M375.) Father throws boy into river (sea) Father orders son assassinated. (Cf. K512.) Father eats own children. (Cf. G10.)

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