Child promised to animal. (Cf. B620.1.) — Mythoi

Motif

Child promised to animal. (Cf. B620.1.)

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel sacrifices. · Children sold or promised. · view the constellation · filed as S215

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 13, Section IX
Literary Crystallization Masnavi i Ma'navi: The Spiritual Couplets (abridged) , Book 2, Story 1
North American Indigenous Myths of the Cherokee , Bird Myths — Myth 38 38. WHY THE TURKEY GOBBLES
North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 43 XLII. THE ATTACK ON THE GIANT ELK ™

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys
Africa Werner African 223.

Within the index

Filed under Children sold or promised.

1 finer motif beneath it

Girl promises herself to animal suitor

Filed beside it

Child sold into slavery 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.) Mothers exchange children

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Daughter promised to animal suitor Bankrupt father sells his daughters in marriage to animals. (Sometimes to pay gambling debt.) (Cf. S215.) Youth sells himself to an ogre in settlement of a gambling debt. (Cf. M211, S215.)

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