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- Bird must bring orphan to king or bird will be killed. H901.0.2
- Orphan hero. L111.4
- Orphan hero lives with grandmother. Avenges slaughtered kin. L111.4.1
- Orphan heroine. L111.4.2
- Orphan brothers as heroes. L111.4.3
- Mistreated orphan hero. L111.4.4
- Orphan gets wife because swollen creek prevents marriage to someone else. N699.4
- Kindness to orphans repaid by dead parents. Q47
- Inhospitality to orphans punished. Q292.2
- Orphaned boy deprived of his inheritance by relatives. S322.0.1
- Marriage of dragon girl to orphan boy. T118.2
- Milk magically appears in woman's breast so as to nourish orphan. (Cf. T592.) T611.6
- Orphan inquires about parents. (Cf. L111.4.1.) T621