μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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 myth*Cross
  • JewishNeuman, bin Gorion Born Judas 2d ed. I 165, 372
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general *Type 931
Within the index

Filed under Fate of abandoned child.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Abandoned child adopted and found by queenTravelers find exposed baby girl and take her to emperor's courtPrince (princess) adopts exposed child
Filed beside it
Infant condemned to death saved by a smileChild driven out (exposed) brought up in secretAbandoned child cared for by mother secretly. (Cf. R153.)Animal aids abandoned child(ren). (Cf. B535.)Abandoned child reared by supernatural beingsExposed child carried off by wild beast. (Cf. R13.)Children left at home seek exposed brothers and sistersAbandoned sister rescued by brothers. When she is refused entrance to house, she makes complaint in a song and brothers bring her clothesBird carries food from deserted child to starving parentsStarving parents come to abandoned child for foodMaltreated children transformed. (Cf. D642.)Abandoned children return and kill parentsAbandoned daughter's son becomes heroOld woman's maledictions inform abandoned hero of his parentage and future. He has knocked her over (broken pots)Tree feeds abandoned children with its sapDeserted children become Thunder
Carried in tale types
  • Oedipus · ATU 9311 recorded variant

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