Motif
deceit uncovered through encounter with transformed victim
deceit_uncovered_through_encounter_with_transformed_victim
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
estonian
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The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country RED RIDING-HOOD. / SNOWWHITE, THE GLASS MOUNTAIN, AND THE DESPISED YOUNGEST SON. / THE THREE WISHES. / THE WITCH-BRIDE.; lines 10022-10048 confidence: medium
After a child is born, the witch-mother transforms the young mother into a wolf and substitutes her own daughter; the nurse meets the wolf while walking the crying child, the deceit is discovered, and the husband burns the witch-mother and daughter in the bathhouse.
The nurse meets the wolf after the substitution, and the deceit is discovered.
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