Elder brother threatens to kill younger as soon as he is born

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Elder brother threatens to kill younger as soon as he is born.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel relatives. · Other cruel relatives. · view the constellation · filed as S73.1.3

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

HawaiiBeckwith Myth 436.

Within the index

Filed under Fratricide.

Filed beside it

Murder of stepbrother (foster brother)Fratricide in order to gain control of kingship Brother kills and eats brother. (Cf. G10.)Fratricide motivated by love-jealousy. (Cf. T257.)

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