Motif
envious beauty rivalry leading to murder attempts
envious_beauty_rivalry_leading_to_murder_attempts
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 7858-7974 confidence: high
The Queen asks the looking-glass who is fairest; it answers that Snow-white is alive and well over the hills with the seven dwarfs and fairer than she. The Queen knows the glass never lies and concludes the huntsman betrayed her.
The Queen cannot rest while Snow-white is fairer and repeatedly devises ways to kill her.
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