Mother throws children into fire.
Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel relatives. · Cruel parents. · view the constellation · filed as S12.2.2
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 14
- Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter III III. Sympathetic Magic
- Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXII LXII. The Fire-Festivals of Europe
- Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 108 108.— HANS THE HEDGEHOG.
Filed across the traditions
- Jewish *Neuman.
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