μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Abandonment in forest.

Unnatural cruelty. · Revolting murders or mutilations. · Cruel abandonments and exposures. · view the constellation · filed as S143

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Boberg
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "abandon"
  • French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 14
  • Missouri French Carrière
  • Spanish Espinosa II 99–105, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 142 – 45
  • Greek Grote I 109
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Types 327, 450, 708, 872*
  • general BP I 79ff., 115ff.
  • general *Dickson 35 n. 16
  • general *Sparnaay 41ff.
  • general Roberts 128. English: Wells 118 (Octovian)
Within the index

Filed under Cruel abandonments and exposures.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Child abandoned in hollow tree Abandonment in tall tree Mutilated man on horseback chased into the forest Husband abandons wife in childbirth in jungle. (Cf. S430.)
Filed beside it
Abandonment of aged Exposure in boat. A person (usually woman or child) set adrift in a boat (chest, basket, cask) Person thrown into the water and abandoned Abandonment in desert Abandonment on an island. (Marooning.) Abandonment in pit Abandonment on mountain Abandonment in bonds that cannot be loosed Children abandoned in box in potter's kiln Abandonment in stable
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Punishment: abandonment in forest. (Cf. S143.) Parents trick children into going on hunt, and then abandon them in forest. (Cf. S143.) Cast-off wife and child abandoned in forest. (Cf. S143.) Abandoned person in woods comforted by prophet and birds. (Cf. S143.)
Carried in tale types

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