Motif
hostile stepmother seeks death of the helper animal
hostile_stepmother_seeks_death_of_the_helper_animal
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
romanian
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Roumanian Fairy Tales HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY / COPYRIGHT, 1885, / PREFACE. / CONTENTS.; lines 5360-5480 confidence: high
The stepmother notices the youth’s face is fuller and that he works cheerfully; she suspects Tellerchen because the boy cares for him more than the other cattle.
After discovering Tellerchen’s magic, the stepmother pressures her husband until he promises to kill the ox.
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