Suckling of children — Mythoi

Motif

Suckling of children.

Sex. · Care of children. · Nurture and growth of children. · view the constellation · filed as T611

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK III, ch. IX
Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK III, ch. XII
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 22
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 4
Anglo-Saxon Beowulf , PRELUDE OF THE FOUNDER OF THE DANISH HOUSE

Within the index

Filed under Nurture and growth of children.

11 finer motifs beneath it

Child nourished by sucking its own fingers Child miraculously suckled by his father Witch (fairy) suckles child Children magically prevented from suckling Child miraculously suckled by saint. (Cf. V211.1.8.1.) Milk magically appears in woman's breast so as to nourish orphan. (Cf. T592.) Abandoned child saved by seagulls; milk furnished by doe; angel brings bell as drinking utensil One woman suckles many babies Dead mother's breasts furnish sufficient nourishment for her baby during two years Man suckled by dog (wolf): called Mac Con (Son of Dog) Child nourished by sucking the eyeballs of snake-mother (frog-mother) who left it

Filed beside it

Child born of slain mother cares for itself during infancy Diabolical child kills his wet-nurses. (Gowther, Robert the Devil.) Supernatural growth. (Cf. T585.) Boy reared in ignorance of the world Orphan inquires about parents. (Cf. L111.4.1.)

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