Motif
harm intended for stepdaughter rebounds on plotter’s own child
harm_intended_for_stepdaughter_rebounds_on_plotter_s_own_child
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
japanese
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Japanese Fairy Tales THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY; lines 2053-2152 confidence: high
Princess Terute prepares poisoned wine and good wine in similar bottles, brings them with cakes during the Boys’ Festival, and pours two cups while Hase-Hime and her stepbrother play with warrior and hero toys.
Princess Terute prepares poison for Hase-Hime, but because of a mistaken pouring, her own son drinks the poison and dies; the narration explicitly frames this as punishment.
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