μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Mother forces child to break eating tabu: child dies.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel relatives. · Cruel parents. · view the constellation · filed as S12.2.3

Filed across the traditions
  • Africa (Fang) Tessman 162.
Within the index

Filed under Cruel mother kills child.

Filed beside it
Mother feeds newly-born illegitimate child to dog. (Cf. S312.) Mother throws children into fire

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