Outcast wife at last united with husband and children.
Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel persecutions. · Fate of outcast wife. · view the constellation · filed as S451
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Spanish Espinosa II Nos. 105, 119, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 138–41
- India *Thompson-Balys
- Indonesia DeVries's list Nos. 201, 202.
- general *Types 706, 712, 938
- general *Loomis White Magic 118
- general *Chauvin VI 167ff. No. 327. Chauvin discusses the following stories having this motif: St. Clement, St. Eustace, Crescentia, Hildegarde, Florence, Octavianus, Sebile, Genevieve of Brabant, Euriant, the Maiden without Hands, Helena of Constantinople, the Count of Toulouse. Missouri French: Carrière
Carried in tale types
- The Three Golden Children (previously The Three Golden Sons) · ATU 707 128 recorded variants
- Crescentia · ATU 712 6 recorded variants
- The Prince whose Wishes Always Come True · ATU 652 4 recorded variants
- The Maiden without Hands · ATU 706 4 recorded variants
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