Child's ankles pierced before exposing him

Motif

Child's ankles pierced before exposing him.

Unnatural cruelty. · Abandoned or murdered children. · Circumstances of murder or exposure of children. · view the constellation · filed as S333

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“And having shown the Thebans that he was a god, Dionysus came to Argos, and there again, because they did not honour him, he .drove the women mad, and they on the mountains devoured the flesh of the infants whom they carried at their breasts.‘ And wishing to be ferried across from Icaria to Naxos he hired a pirate ship of Tyrrhenians. But when they had put him on board, they sailed past Naxos and made for Asia, intending to sell him.”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. V · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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GreekThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. VThompson cites: *Frazer Apollodorus I 344 n. 1 (Oedipus).

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Greek*Frazer Apollodorus I 344 n. 1 (Oedipus). → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. V

Within the index

Filed under Circumstances of murder or exposure of children.

Filed beside it

Exposure of child in boat (floating chest). See references for S141, nearly all of which refer to this motif Queen hides her child and accuses wolf of eating it Tokens of royalty (nobility) left with exposed child. (Cf. H80.)Child exposed at palace gate Abandoned child wrapped in straw Children enticed into grain pot and imprisoned Father abandons his daughter in forest and leaves axes tied so that they move in wind. Daughter thinks he is cutting wood Exposure prevented Mother induced by rival to kill her children Parents trick children into going on hunt, and then abandon them in forest. (Cf. S143.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Sphinx. Has face of woman, body and tail of lion, wings of bird Tabu: killing sacred dragon. (Cf. B11.)Transformation to animal for breaking tabu Transformation: man to dolphin Transformation: oars and masts to serpents Transformation as punishment Journey to upper world. Most references for F0 discuss this motif Man kills son thinking that he is cutting a branch Women, driven mad, devour their infants' flesh Mother kills son thinking him a wild beast Punishment: drawing asunder by horses. (Cf. Q469.12.)Cowherd rescues abandoned child

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