Child sold (promised) for money — Mythoi

Motif

Child sold (promised) for money.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel sacrifices. · Reasons for promise (sale) of child. · view the constellation · filed as S221

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Boggs FFC XC 65 No. 471B*, Espinosa II No. 117.
general *Type 756B
general *Andrejev FFC LXIX 50ff., 56ff., *223, 227 n., *230 n.
general Fb "sælge" III 722a
general *Ward II 661 No. 4 (wife sold)

Within the index

Filed under Reasons for promise (sale) of child.

2 finer motifs beneath it

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.)

Filed beside it

Childless couple promise child to the devil if they may only have one Child promised to devil for acting as godfather. (Cf. N411.) Child promised to devil for help on road with broken wagon Child promised to devil for directions out of woods when father is lost Child promised to devil in exchange for a good catch of fish Daughter promised to monster as bride to secure flower (bird) she has asked for Daughter promised to tiger in marriage for help in carrying load. (Cf. B620.1.) Children given in return for being taught magic Children sold in exchange for food Angry man gives away his daughter to a beggar

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