μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Parents successively bury alive their sons who mention something about smith's, potter's, washerman's, and tom-tom beater's trade, but keep fifth child who says something about being future king.

Unnatural cruelty. · Abandoned or murdered children. · Reasons for abandonment of children. · view the constellation · filed as S311.1

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Undesirable children exposed, desirable preserved.

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