Child as foundation sacrifice smiles and wins freedom. The king asks him why he smiles. "One first expects mercy from the parents; if they have none, then from the king. Now only God will have mercy."

Motif

Child as foundation sacrifice smiles and wins freedom. The king asks him why he smiles. "One first expects mercy from the parents; if they have none, then from the king. Now only God will have mercy."

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel sacrifices. · Sacrifices. · view the constellation · filed as S261.1

Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

India*Thompson-Balys.
general *Krappe Balor 171ff.
general Penzer VII 87 n. 1, 88–96, 250ff.
general *DeVries "De Sage van het ingemetselde Kind" Nederlandsche Tijdschrift voor Volkskunde XXXII (1917)

Within the index

Filed under Foundation sacrifice. A human being buried alive at base of the foundation of a building or bridge.

Filed beside it

Human blood mixed with rice to make leaky tanks hold water

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