μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Abandoned child made over to its own mother (sister) acting as wet nurse.

Unnatural cruelty. · Abandoned or murdered children. · Fate of abandoned child. · view the constellation · filed as S351.0.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Jewish *Neuman.
Within the index

Filed under Abandoned child cared for by mother secretly. (Cf. R153.)

Filed beside it
Abandoned child cared for by grandmother (aunt, foster mother) Abandoned child reared by herdsman. (Cf. R131.3.)

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