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- Helpful animal foster brother. Hero reared by animal's parents. B311.1
- Human foster-child with animal qualities. B635
- Bear's foster child not used to sun and light. B635.1.2
- Magic object received from foster-parents. D815.7
- Magic object received from girl's foster-mother. D815.7.1
- Magic power learned from giant (as foster-father). D1727
- Foster-mother summoned by saying her name. D2074.2.4.1
- Deer foster parent of hero comes alive from its burial hill when youth returns to spot and carries him off to jungle again. E138.1
- Fairy foster-father. Guardian to mortal. F311.2
- Fairy foster-mother. (Cf. P270.) F311.3
- Water fairy as foster-mother. F311.3.1
- King about to kill foster-son due to his evil explanation of dream; both jump into sea and are drowned. F1041.16.7
- One foster brother rescues another from ogre. G551.4.1
- Kind foster-parents chosen rather than cruel parents. (Cf. J325.) J391
- Lamb chooses her foster-mother, the she-goat. Owes more to her than to her own mother, who has deserted her. J391.1
- Eye of king's foster-son damaged by sting of bee. Boy's friends demand eye of king's son in forfeit; king decrees instead destruction of swarm of bees so that guilty one may perish. J1179.14
- Dog buried instead of foster son, who is falsely reported killed so that he can safely be taken away. K525.6.1
- Lover's foster brother (friend) steals bride from wedding with unwelcome suitor. K1371.1.2
- False boasting of having killed his foster-brother makes his men follow the boaster. K1766.1
- Impostor tries to push foster brother into the water and then cuts rope so that he drifts alone out on the sea in boat without oars. K1931.1.1