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Thread #137068   Message #3220660
Posted By: Mrrzy
09-Sep-11 - 11:34 AM
Thread Name: BS: CapriUni's blog: disability in folktales
Subject: RE: BS: CapriUni's blog: disability in folktales
Was the pig with the wooden leg the one who saved the family from the fire? (You don't eat a pig like that all at once!)

I actually didn't know till just now that the children of Hamelin had actually vanished, and I hadn't heard about the disabled child(ren) left behind. I shall have to do me some rereading.

In Greek mythology and reality, I believe, misshapen children were often exposed, to wit left to die in the wilderness.

In the part of Africa that I grew up in there were always interesting things about twins, and whether they were sacred, cursed, or birds (i remember the ones that thought twins were birds especially). But I was wondering, are there any folktales about *conjoined* twins?