Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson S261.1 — Child as foundation sacrifice smiles and wins freedom

S261.1
Thompson motif reference
S
Unnatural Cruelty
0
Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

Child as foundation sacrifice smiles and wins freedom. The king asks him why he smiles. "One first expects mercy from the parents; if they have none, then from the king. Now only God will have mercy." *Krappe Balor 171ff.; Penzer VII 87 n. 1, 88—96, 250ff.; *DeVries "De Sage van het ingemetselde Kind" Nederlandsche Tijdschrift voor Volkskunde XXXII (1917); India: *Thompson-Balys.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

No ATU tale type in the current concordance points to this Thompson motif.

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