Child sold into slavery

Motif

Child sold into slavery.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel sacrifices. · Children sold or promised. · view the constellation · filed as S210.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-RomanPausanias's Description of Greece, Book 3
Greco-RomanThe Library (Bibliotheca), APOLLODORI BIBLIOTHECA, ch. 33
Greco-RomanThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. VI
Japanese / ShintoNihongi: Chronicles of Japan, Book 30

Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

EnglishWells 22 (Sir Beues of Hamtoun)
GreekGrote I 163
India*Thompson-Balys
Buddhist mythMalalasekera II 946. See also story of Joseph.

Within the index

Filed under Children sold or promised.

Filed beside it

Child sold to be killed Child sold (promised) to devil (ogre). See also references to S220–S259, practically all of which apply here Child sold to magician Child promised to wood-spirit. (Cf. F441.)Child promised to mermaid. (Cf. B81.)Child promised to animal. (Cf. B620.1.)Mothers exchange children

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