Motif
false message causing persecution of mother and child
false_message_causing_persecution_of_mother_and_child
A motif of the Jealous Stepmother and Persecuted Child family, within the sub-family False Messages and Accusations Against the Innocent. 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 Household Tales by Brothers Grimm / CONTENTS; lines 4929-4996 confidence: high
The messenger sleeps by a brook; the Devil, seeking to injure the Queen, exchanges the letter for one saying she bore a monster.
The Devil forges letters that transform a birth announcement into a monstrous-birth report and then into an order to kill the Queen and child.
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