Children abandoned (exposed).
Unnatural cruelty. · Abandoned or murdered children. · Abandoned or murdered children. · view the constellation · filed as S301
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
- Icelandic *Boberg
- Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "enfant"
- Spanish Espinosa II Nos. 99–103, 119
- Italian Basile Pentamerone V No. 8, *Rotunda
- Jewish *Neuman
- India *Thompson-Balys
- Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 94f.
- Tuamotu Beckwith Myth 471
- Tonga Gifford 122
- Hawaii Beckwith Myth 523
- Easter Island Métraux Ethnology 369, 385
- N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 349 n. 255, (California): Gayton and Newman 89, (Zuñi): Benedict II 335
- West Indies Flowers 576.
- general *Types 327, 450, 590, 675, 920, 930
- general *De Vries FFC LXXIII 40ff.
- general *Penzer VII 81 n. 1, 82 n. 250
- general *Boje 65
- general *Cosquin Études 199ff.
- general *Prato RTP IV 178
- general **Nutt FLR IV 1ff.
- general **Hartland FLJ IV 308
- general *Aarne FFC XXIII 60
- general Cowell Jātaka V 230
- general Dickson 152. Irish myth: *Cross
Carried in tale types
- The Three Golden Children (previously The Three Golden Sons) · ATU 707 128 recorded variants
- The Son of the King and the Son of the Smith · ATU 920 4 recorded variants
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