Abandoned child reared by supernatural beings — Mythoi

Motif

Abandoned child reared by supernatural beings.

Unnatural cruelty. · Abandoned or murdered children. · Fate of abandoned child. · view the constellation · filed as S353

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys
Maori Dixon 42.

Within the index

Filed under Fate of abandoned child.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Deity nurtures and rears abandoned child Exposed children miraculously fed by angels

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.) Animal aids abandoned child(ren). (Cf. B535.) 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

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