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

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

Filed across the traditions

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)

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