Children abandoned (driven forth, exposed) by hostile relative — Mythoi

Motif

Children abandoned (driven forth, exposed) by hostile relative.

Unnatural cruelty. · Abandoned or murdered children. · Reasons for abandonment of children. · view the constellation · filed as S322

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Spanish Espinosa II No. 114, Espinosa Jr. No. 140.
general *Roberts 128

Within the index

Filed under Reasons for abandonment of children. (Cf. K2015, M371, M373, M375.)

8 finer motifs beneath it

Orphaned boy deprived of his inheritance by relatives Father casts daughter forth Jealous mother casts daughter forth. (Cf. S12.) Jealous co-wife kills woman's children. (Cf. K2222.) Evil stepmother casts boy forth Repulsed lover kills woman's child Jealous mother-in-law and sisters cast woman's children forth Evil stepmother works stepdaughter to death in absence of merchant husband

Filed beside it

Undesirable children exposed, desirable preserved Illegitimate child exposed. (Cf. S12.2.1, T640.) Child of supernatural birth exposed. (Cf. T520.) Twins (triplets) exposed. (Cf. T587.) Destitute parents abandon children Pregnant woman ordered by husband to kill child to be born Diseased child exposed Disobedient children cast forth Child cast out because of his stupidity Mother sells her child to heathen sailors Reasons for abandonment of children – miscellaneous

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