μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Children abandoned in famine.

Unnatural cruelty. · Abandoned or murdered children. · Reasons for abandonment of children. · view the constellation · filed as S321.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rasmussen I 374, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 34a
  • N. Am. Indian (Zuñi) Benedict II 335
  • Africa (Wachaga) Gutmann 142.
Within the index

Filed under Destitute parents abandon children.

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