μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Missouri French Carrière
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • West Indies Flowers 576.
  • general S. Am. Indian (Sherenti): Lowe BBAE CXLIII (1) 515
Within the index

Filed under Fate of abandoned child.

1 finer motif beneath it
Animal preserves fire for abandoned children in a clam shell
Filed beside it
Infant condemned to death saved by a smile Child driven out (exposed) brought up in secret Abandoned child cared for by mother secretly. (Cf. R153.) Abandoned child reared by supernatural beings Exposed infant reared at strange king's court (Joseph, Oedipus) Exposed child carried off by wild beast. (Cf. R13.) Children left at home seek exposed brothers and sisters Abandoned sister rescued by brothers. When she is refused entrance to house, she makes complaint in a song and brothers bring her clothes Bird carries food from deserted child to starving parents Starving parents come to abandoned child for food Maltreated children transformed. (Cf. D642.) Abandoned children return and kill parents Abandoned daughter's son becomes hero Old woman's maledictions inform abandoned hero of his parentage and future. He has knocked her over (broken pots) Tree feeds abandoned children with its sap Deserted children become Thunder
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Animal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned child
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Daily transformation Disenchantment by violence Disenchantment by removing skin (or covering) Recognition of disenchanted person by ornaments under his skin King (prince) lost on hunt has adventures Abandoned or murdered children Bird carries food from deserted child to starving parents
Carried in tale types

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