μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Cruel mother.

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

Filed across the traditions
  • French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 14
  • Missouri French Carrière
  • Spanish Keller, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 115, 148f., Espinosa II Nos. 115f.
  • Italian Novella *Rotunda
  • Eskimo Rink 389, Kroeber JAFL XII 181
  • Africa (Basuto) Jacottet 76 No. 12, 168 No. 24, 190 No. 28, (Angola): Chatelain 30 No. 1.
  • general *Types 511, 590, 706, 765, 781
  • general *BP I 551, III 2
  • general *Boje 62f.
  • general *Child V 475 s. v. "Cruel". Breton: Sébillot Incidents s. v. "mère"
Within the index

Filed under Cruel parents.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Treacherous mother marries ogre and plots against son Cruel mother kills child Mother orders son's death Cruel mother blinds son Cruel mother expels (drives away) child Cruel mother refuses children food Mother tells healthy sons to wipe soiled hands on lame son
Filed beside it
Cruel father
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Jealous mother casts daughter forth. (Cf. S12.)

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