Maltreated children transformed. (Cf. D642.)
Unnatural cruelty. · Abandoned or murdered children. · Fate of abandoned child. · view the constellation · filed as S365
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Filed under Fate of abandoned child.
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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 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 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 foodAbandoned 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
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