Child sold to be killed

Motif

Child sold to be killed.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel sacrifices. · Children sold or promised. · view the constellation · filed as S210.2

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Middle EasternThe Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Chapter 2
GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 77.— THE GOOD BAEGAIN.
ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter LIVLIV. Types of Animal Sacrament
Greco-RomanThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. VI

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

Jewish*Neuman.

Within the index

Filed under Children sold or promised.

Filed beside it

Child sold into slavery 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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