μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Father orders son assassinated. (Cf. K512.)

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel relatives. · Cruel parents. · view the constellation · filed as S11.3.7

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Filed across the traditions
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 529
  • Africa (Fang) Tessman 92.
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 throws boy into river (sea) Father eats own children. (Cf. G10.)
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Compassionate executioner. A servant charged with killing the hero (heroine) arranges the escape of the latter

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