Motif
jealous disguised woman removes newborns and lies about monstrous birth
jealous_disguised_woman_removes_newborns_and_lies_about_monstrous_birth
A motif of the Jealous Stepmother and Persecuted Child family, within the sub-family Newborn Theft and Falsified Births. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
slavic
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Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars MIRKO, THE KING'S SON. / THE REED MAIDEN. / KISS MIKLOS, AND THE GREEN DAUGHTER OF THE GREEN KING. / THE HEDGEHOG, THE MERCHANT, THE KING, AND THE POOR MAN.; lines 14963-15060 confidence: high
After hearing of the youngest princess's happiness, other maidens die; the merchant's second daughter vows to embitter the princess, disguises herself as an old woman, and is in the palace while the Burkus king is at war with the king's son.
The merchant's second daughter disguises herself, takes the newborn children away, and tells the princess they were hairy monsters cast into the river.
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