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• Abandoned culture hero captured by use of net. A511.2.1.1
• Animal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned child. B535
• Abandoned prince grows up in eagle's nest. B535.0.5
• Abandoned child rescued by dog. B549.3
• Faithful old horse to be abandoned. B842.1
• Tabu: touching old clothes. (Abandoned clothes should be thrown away.) C545.1
• Magic appearance of human limbs. A boy has no hands and legs; his abandoned sister successfully commands them to appear or disappear. D61
• Tree opens its trunk to give shelter to abandoned girls. (Cf. D950.) D1556.2
• Images at church turn backs as mark of disfavor. Done when abandoned woman or merman enters. (Cf. B82, D1622.) D1639.3
• Magic sight given to abandoned child. D1821.6
• Ghost of person abandoned by faithless lover. (Cf. E211ff.) E334.3
• Abandoned souls feed on spiders and night moths. E752.7.1
• Abandoned castle. Has no inhabitants when hero enters. F771.4.3
• Tigress swallows abandoned baby again and again, but it comes out from behind. F914.3
• Abandoned infant lives by eating corpse of murdered father. (Cf. S350.) G25
• Starving woman abandoned in cave eats newborn child. G72.2
• Unique scent of their rice betrays abandoned children. H49.1
• Abandoned son shows claws and tail of tiger to which his parents have exposed him. H105.5.4
• Abandoned child joins parents in game: recognition follows. H151.9
• Abandoned child recognized in game. H151.9.1
• Recognition by tear falling from tree where girl has been abandoned. H151.14.1
• Abandoned wife recognized among workers. H152.3
• Recognition of abandoned child when parent comes to him for relief from famine. H154
• Abandoned queen invites all to forest, gives appropriate food to her persecutors, and is recognized. H155
• Man sleeping in stable (abandoned cabin) thinks entering animals are ghosts: kills them. J1782.4
• Waves break caul of abandoned child. He is rescued. N655
• Father unexpectedly meets abandoned son and reinstates him. N731.3
• Abandoned children accidentally discovered by villainess. N768
• Abandoned maiden helped by her faithful nurse. P361.5
• Treacherous wife abandoned by lover for fear of treachery. Q261.2.1
• Girl rescued and then abandoned. R111.6
• Rescue of abandoned or lost persons. R130
• Exposed or abandoned child rescued. R131
• Hunter rescues abandoned child. R131.1
• Miller rescues abandoned child. R131.2
• Herdsman rescues abandoned child. (Cf. S351.2.) R131.3
• Shepherd rescues abandoned child. (Cf. N841.) R131.3.1
• Goatherd rescues abandoned child. R131.3.2
• Cowherd rescues abandoned child. R131.3.3
• Swineherd rescues abandoned child. R131.3.4
• Fisher rescues abandoned child. R131.4
• Servant rescues abandoned child. R131.5
• Peasant rescues abandoned child. R131.6
• Merchant rescues abandoned child. (Cf. N851.) R131.7
• Other workmen rescue abandoned child. R131.8
• Horse-keeper rescues abandoned child. R131.8.1
• Gardener rescues abandoned child. R131.8.2
• Washerman rescues abandoned child. R131.8.3
• Smith rescues abandoned child. (Cf. N855.) R131.8.4
• Forester rescues abandoned child. R131.8.5
• Potter rescues abandoned child(ren). R131.8.6
• Gold-washer rescues abandoned child. R131.8.7
• Barber rescues and befriends abandoned boy. R131.8.8
• Porter rescues abandoned child. R131.9
• Hermit rescues abandoned child. (Cf. N843, R169.2.) R131.10
• Woman disguised as hermit rescues abandoned child. (Cf. K1837.3.) R131.10.1
• Exalted person rescues abandoned child. R131.11
• Princess rescues abandoned child. R131.11.1
• King rescues abandoned child. R131.11.2
• Prince rescues abandoned child. R131.11.3
• Deity rescues abandoned child. R131.11.4
• Fairy rescues abandoned child. (Cf. F311.) R131.12
• Palmer rescues abandoned child. (Cf. N846.1.) R131.13
• Sailors rescue abandoned child. R131.14
• Children abandoned in a boat survive storm and are rescued. R131.15
• Angel rescues abandoned child. R131.16
• Coyote rescues abandoned child(ren). R131.17
• Pious woman rescues abandoned child. R131.18
• Bard (poet) rescues abandoned child. R131.19
• Indians rescue abandoned children. R131.20
• Abandoned children (wife, etc.) find way back by clue (bread-crumb, grain, pebble, etc.). They have dropped the objects while being led away. R135
• Abandoned man befriended by a Centaur. (Cf. B21.) R143
• Royal minister rescues abandoned queen(s). (Cf. P110.) R169.7
• Father saves himself in storm and forgets his two children. They are abandoned in a boat. S141.2
• Person thrown into the water and abandoned. S142
• Child abandoned in hollow tree. S143.1
• Children abandoned in box in potter's kiln. S152
• Abandoned or murdered children. S300
• Children abandoned (exposed). S301
• Children abandoned in famine. S321.1
• Children abandoned (driven forth, exposed) by hostile relative. S322
• Half-wit abandoned because of his tricks. S327.3
• Abandoned child wrapped in straw. S336
• Fate of abandoned child. S350
• Abandoned child cared for by mother secretly. (Cf. R153.) S351
• Abandoned child made over to its own mother (sister) acting as wet nurse. S351.0.1
• Abandoned child cared for by grandmother (aunt, foster mother). S351.1
• Abandoned child reared by herdsman. (Cf. R131.3.) S351.2
• Abandoned princess, brought up by herdsmen, becomes wife of king. S351.2.1
• Animal aids abandoned child(ren). (Cf. B535.) S352
• Animal preserves fire for abandoned children in a clam shell. S352.1
• Abandoned child reared by supernatural beings. S353
• Deity nurtures and rears abandoned child. S353.1
• Abandoned child adopted and found by queen. S354.1
• Abandoned sister rescued by brothers. When she is refused entrance to house, she makes complaint in a song and brothers bring her clothes. S357
• Starving parents come to abandoned child for food. S362
• Abandoned children return and kill parents. S366
• Abandoned daughter's son becomes hero. S371
• Old woman's maledictions inform abandoned hero of his parentage and future. He has knocked her over (broken pots). S375
• Tree feeds abandoned children with its sap. S376