Motif
False animal birth accusation
false_animal_birth_accusation
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
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 10397-10512 confidence: high
The elder sisters stay in the palace; after a beautiful boy is born, they put him in his cradle, carry it to a canal, and report to the Sultan that the Sultana bore a puppy; the Sultan is enraged and the grand-vizir saves her.
The elder sisters replace the truth of the royal son's birth with the claim that the Sultana bore a puppy.
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