Father throws boy into river (sea) — Mythoi

Motif

Father throws boy into river (sea).

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel relatives. · Cruel parents. · view the constellation · filed as S11.3.6

Filed across the traditions

Africa (Congo) Weeks Jungle 407, (Cameroon): Rosenhuber 20 No. 3, (Fang): Tessman 91.

Within the index

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.) Cruel king slays brother and brother's son Father orders son assassinated. (Cf. K512.) Father eats own children. (Cf. G10.)

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