Devil substitutes himself for new-born child

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Devil substitutes himself for new-born child.

Sex. · Care of children. · Care of children – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as T684

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general Köhler-Bolte I 148.

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Filed under Care of children – miscellaneous motifs.

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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 Twins. (Cf. T587.)Quadruplet heroes Triplets (as heroes)Children sleep in village dormitory

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