μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Abandoned or murdered children.

Unnatural cruelty. · Abandoned or murdered children. · Abandoned or murdered children. · view the constellation · filed as S300

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“The boy looked at the buffalo, and they fell dead." The girl wondered how they might cut them up. “Look at the meat, my younger brother,’’ she said. The boy looked at the dead buffalo, and the meat was all cut up. - Then she told him to look at the meat, and when he looked at its the meat was dried. Then they had much to eat, and the do became well again. The girl sat. down on the pile of buffalo- skins, and they were all dressed.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 67 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
Within the index
3 finer motifs beneath it
Children abandoned (exposed)Children murderedSon killed at instigation of lover
Travels with
Cruel parents
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Daily transformationDisenchantment by violenceDisenchantment by removing skin (or covering)Recognition of disenchanted person by ornaments under his skinKing (prince) lost on hunt has adventuresAnimal aids abandoned child(ren). (Cf. B535.)Bird carries food from deserted child to starving parents

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