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.) — Mythoi

Motif

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.)

Sex. · Care of children. · Care of children – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as T681

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.
general *Type 247
general Dh II 242ff.
general Fb "ugle" III 964a
general Wienert FFC LVI 77 (ET 426), 146 (ST 509)
general Herbert III 39ff.

Within the index

Filed under Care of children – miscellaneous motifs.

1 finer motif beneath it

Animals ridicule foolish pride of owl in the beauty of his son's really hideous feet

Filed beside it

Hero a posthumous son Devil substitutes himself for new-born child Twins. (Cf. T587.) Quadruplet heroes Triplets (as heroes) Children sleep in village dormitory

Carried in tale types

Each Mother Likes her Own Children Best (previously Each Likes his Own Children Best) · ATU 247 1 recorded variant

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