μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Rich but stingy couple adopt young man as their son: everybody is happy.

Sex. · Care of children. · Adoption of children. · view the constellation · filed as T673

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  • India Thompson-Balys.
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Filed under Adoption of children.

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Adoption by suckling. Ogress who suckles hero claims him as her son Adopted child reproaches his foster mother and is returned to his real mother Adopted child deserted when own child is born to couple Real mother preferred to foster mothers. Kid abandoned by his mother suckles the whole flock but is not satisfied Childless couple adopt animal as substitute for child Substitute for a child. Aged, childless couple carve themselves a child from wood, or make one from snow, clay, and the like Adopted child identical with real child reared with him

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