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Motifs
- Mortal adopted son by god. A189.11
- Hill brought to country as adopted child. A969.6
- Mermaid ruins seducer of her adopted daughter. B81.13.9
- Transformation to child or pet to be adopted. D646.2
- Hero killing an ogress gains her adopted daughter for his wife. (Cf. G510.1.) G512.0.3
- Choice of freeing one son: adopted son or long-missing son. J226.1
- Clever wife of king's adopted son keeps king distracted on deathbed so that he cannot disinherit husband. J1521.2.1
- Child adopted by rich man in order to get rid of him. K2015
- Adopted son plots death of parents. Usurps the throne. S22.1.1
- Abandoned child adopted and found by queen. S354.1
- Adopted child reproaches his foster mother and is returned to his real mother. T672
- Adopted child deserted when own child is born to couple. T674
- Adopted child identical with real child reared with him. T678
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