Motif
animal heart substituted for murdered child
animal_heart_substituted_for_murdered_child
A motif of the Jealous Stepmother and Persecuted Child family, within the sub-family Murder Demands, Lethal Plots, and Substituted Bodies. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Aino Folk-Tales AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 2006-2100 confidence: high
The husband orders two servants to kill the child and bring back her heart; they spare her, kill a dog instead, secretly return the child to her mother, and bring the dog's heart to the stepmother, while the mother flees with the child.
The servants spare the child and bring a dog's heart in place of the child's heart.
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