μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Cruel mother expels (drives away) child.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel relatives. · Cruel parents. · view the constellation · filed as S12.5

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Cruel mother.

1 finer motif beneath it
Girl impregnated by god driven from home by mother
Filed beside it
Treacherous mother marries ogre and plots against son Cruel mother kills child Mother orders son's death Cruel mother blinds son Cruel mother refuses children food Mother tells healthy sons to wipe soiled hands on lame son

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