Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

713: The Mother Who Did Not Bear Me But Nourished Me

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 700-749: Other Tales of the Supernatural > 713: The Mother Who Did Not Bear Me But Nourished Me

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A stepdaughter is accused of bearing her sister's illegitimate child [K2112] and she and the child are expelled [S410]. Wherever they go famine ceases and magic abundance comes [D1652.1, D2081], but famine comes to places they have left [D2157.1].…

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