Sultan's daughter demanded by giant ogre as price for letting his subjects alone

Motif

Sultan's daughter demanded by giant ogre as price for letting his subjects alone.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel sacrifices. · Reasons for promise (sale) of child. · view the constellation · filed as S222.4

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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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Prince plans to kill wicked father for cruelty.

Filed beside it

Woman promises her unborn child to appease offended witch Woman promises unborn daughter to snake as wife for ferrying her across stream Woman promises unborn child to tiger if he will spare her

Carried in tale types

Robber Madej (previously The Devil's Contract) · ATU 756B6 recorded variants

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