μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Father banishes son at request of fairy wife. (Cf. F302, S322.4.3.)

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel relatives. · Cruel parents. · view the constellation · filed as S11.5

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross.
Within the index

Filed under Cruel father.

Filed beside it
Father mutilates children. (Cf. S160.) Jealous father sends son to upper world on stretching tree Father kills child Father plans child's death Father flogs child
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Fairy mistress. Mortal man marries or lives with fairy woman Stepmother irritates two stepsons so that one kills the other

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