Motif
cruel stepmother byword
cruel_stepmother_byword
A motif of the Jealous Stepmother and Persecuted Child family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hawaiian
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Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends KEKUPUA'S CANOE / AS HEIAU BUILDERS / KAHALAOPUNA, PRINCESS OF MANOA / THE PUNAHOU SPRING; lines 3483-3530 confidence: high
Kahaakea returns, hears of the persecution of his beloved children, kills Hawea and then himself; Rocky Hill is named after him, and Hawea becomes a synonym for a cruel stepmother.
The passage states that Hawea has become a synonym in Hawaiian thought for a cruel stepmother.
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