Motif
Hostile step-parent abandons child in inaccessible animal nest
hostile_step_parent_abandons_child_in_inaccessible_animal_nest
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
native american plains
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Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians HERO TALES. / TALES OF SUPERNATURAL PATRONS. / MISCELLANEOUS TALES. / HISTORICAL TRADITIONS.; lines 14443-14539 confidence: high
A hunting stepfather forces his stepson toward an eagle nest on a steep hill, removes the rope, leaves the boy behind, returns home, and falsely says the boy has gone home with deer meat.
The stepfather forces the boy to reach an eagle nest by ropes, removes the rope, leaves him unable to return, and lies to the mother.
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