Care of children – miscellaneous motifs — Mythoi

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Care of children – miscellaneous motifs.

Sex. · Care of children. · Care of children – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as T680

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Each likes his own children best. Snipe asks sportsman to spare its small ones, easily recognized as being the prettiest in the forest. To be on the safe side he shoots only the ugliest he can find. They are the young snipes. (Often told of the ape.) Hero a posthumous son Devil substitutes himself for new-born child Twins. (Cf. T587.) Quadruplet heroes Triplets (as heroes) Children sleep in village dormitory

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