Hero a posthumous son — Mythoi

Motif

Hero a posthumous son.

Sex. · Care of children. · Care of children – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as T682

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Depth Commentary Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido , Part II — CHAPTER VIII

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg.
general *Von Sydow Fåvne 40

Within the index

Filed under Care of children – miscellaneous motifs.

Filed beside it

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

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