Child sold to be killed — Mythoi

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 Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 2
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 7 7.— THE GOOD BAEGAIN.
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LIV LIV. Types of Animal Sacrament
Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK III, ch. VI

Filed across the traditions

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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