Motif
Bird-abducted foundling rescued from a tree
bird_abducted_foundling_rescued_from_a_tree
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 7432-7523 confidence: high
In Fundevogel, a forester hears a child screaming in the forest; a bird of prey had taken the child from its sleeping mother and placed it on a high tree.
A bird of prey takes a child from its sleeping mother, sets it in a high tree, and the forester climbs up to rescue it.
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