Abandoned child reared by herdsman. (Cf. R131.3.)

Motif

Abandoned child reared by herdsman. (Cf. R131.3.)

Unnatural cruelty. · Abandoned or murdered children. · Fate of abandoned child. · view the constellation · filed as S351.2

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish mythCross
GreekGrote I 241, 263
Buddhist mythMalalasekera I 458.

Within the index

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

1 finer motif beneath it

Abandoned princess, brought up by herdsmen, becomes wife of king

Filed beside it

Abandoned child made over to its own mother (sister) acting as wet nurse Abandoned child cared for by grandmother (aunt, foster mother)

Travels with

Herdsman rescues abandoned child. (Cf. S351.2.)

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