abandoned child

• orphanChild whose parents died
• foundlingAbandoned child discovered
• waifAbandoned, neglected child
• forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
• neglectedNot given proper attention

unwanted · lonely · lost · foster · adoption · doorstep · basket · blanket · cry · helpless · vulnerable · innocent · forgotten · discarded · runaway · shelter · institution · ward

• orphanagesorphanage, orphan, foundling, foundlings, waif
• outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
• lonershermit, recluse, loner, lone wolf, introvert
• Theban mythsOedipus, Thebes, Antigone, Creon, Jocasta
• back-storiesorigin story, origins, childhood trauma, family history, past events
• Fairy Tale Motherswicked stepmother, fairy godmother, Mother Goose, loving mother, protective mother