Circumstances of murder or exposure of children.
Unnatural cruelty. · Abandoned or murdered children. · Circumstances of murder or exposure of children. · view the constellation · filed as S330
Motif
Within the index
11 finer motifs beneath it
Exposure of child in boat (floating chest). See references for S141, nearly all of which refer to this motifQueen hides her child and accuses wolf of eating itChild's ankles pierced before exposing himTokens of royalty (nobility) left with exposed child. (Cf. H80.)Child exposed at palace gateAbandoned child wrapped in strawChildren enticed into grain pot and imprisonedFather abandons his daughter in forest and leaves axes tied so that they move in wind. Daughter thinks he is cutting woodExposure preventedMother induced by rival to kill her childrenParents trick children into going on hunt, and then abandon them in forest. (Cf. S143.)