Cruel uncle — Mythoi

Motif

Cruel uncle.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel relatives. · Other cruel relatives. · view the constellation · filed as S71

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 40 receipt

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
English Wells 19 (William of Palerne)
Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "oncle"
Italian Novella *Rotunda
Greek Aeschylus Agamemnon 1220 (Atreus)
India Thompson-Balys
Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 447, 1303
Hindu Keith 177
Chinese Graham
Hawaii Beckwith Myth 422
Samoa ibid. 473
Mono Wheeler No. 29
N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 313 n. 127.

Within the index

Filed under Other cruel relatives.

1 finer motif beneath it

Cruel uncle poisons nephew (king)

Filed beside it

Cruel aunt Fratricide Person banishes brother (sister) Man blinds brother. (Cf. S165.) Cruel nephew

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Transformation by putting on skin. By putting on the skin, feathers, etc. of an animal, a person is transformed to that animal Transformation by eating or drinking Clam test. Hero is sent to capture a giant clam, so that he can be killed Wedge test. Hero is caught in cleft of tree Disguise as girl to avoid execution Exposure in boat. A person (usually woman or child) set adrift in a boat (chest, basket, cask)

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