Adopted child identical with real child reared with him — Mythoi

Motif

Adopted child identical with real child reared with him.

Sex. · Care of children. · Adoption of children. · view the constellation · filed as T678

Cited in the index

general *Ranke FFC CXIV 152–4.

Within the index

Filed under Adoption of children.

Filed beside it

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

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