μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Cruel son.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel relatives. · Cruel children and grandchildren. · view the constellation · filed as S21

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Spanish Espinosa III Nos. 139, 151, 157
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 287, 547, 632
  • Africa (Fang) Einstein 161.
Within the index

Filed under Cruel children and grandchildren.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Son buries aged mother alive Son blinds father. (Cf. Q451.7, S165.) Son gives mother as hostage King banishes mother to stables Cruel son tries to sterilize father
Filed beside it
Children sell mother Child hides food from starving parents Parricide. (Cf. Q211.1.) Prince plans to kill wicked father for cruelty Cruel grandson

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