Motif
missing newborn and false maternal accusation
missing_newborn_and_false_maternal_accusation
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family, within the sub-family Disputed Maternity, Parentage, and Recognition. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
celtic (1) · celtic welsh (1)
celtic
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More Celtic Fairy Tales XLIV. HOW CORMAC MAC ART WENT TO FAERY 204 / XLV. THE RIDERE OF RIDDLES 210 / XLVI. THE TAIL 217 / NOTES AND REFERENCES 219; lines 1404-1512 confidence: high
A son is born; women watch him at night, sleep, find him gone, and accuse Rhiannon of murdering him.
A newborn boy disappears while watchers sleep, and the watchers accuse his mother of murdering him.
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celtic welsh
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The Mabinogion PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 6307-6392 confidence: high
Before the year ends, a son is born to Pwyll at Narberth. Six women watch Rhiannon and the boy, fall asleep before midnight, and find the boy missing at daybreak.
The newborn disappears while assigned watchers sleep, and the watchers fabricate evidence that the mother devoured the child.
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