Motif
jealous stepfamily persecutes beautiful stepdaughter
jealous_stepfamily_persecutes_beautiful_stepdaughter
A motif of the Jealous Stepmother and Persecuted Child family, within the sub-family Domestic Oppression, Labor, and Reward. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore INTRODUCTORY. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER II. / MYTHOLOGICAL.; lines 6205-6305 confidence: high
After mourning, the merchant marries a widow with two daughters; the widow and daughters are jealous of Vasilissa's beauty and burden her with toil.
Vasilissa's stepmother and stepsisters are jealous of her beauty and burden her with labor.
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