Motif
jealous stepmother demands child's heart
jealous_stepmother_demands_child_s_heart
A motif of the Jealous Stepmother and Persecuted Child family, within the sub-family Murder Demands, Lethal Plots, and Substituted Bodies. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Aino Folk-Tales AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 2006-2100 confidence: high
In 'The Wicked Stepmother,' the older wife becomes enraged after the younger wife bears a daughter, pretends grave illness, and declares that only eating her stepchild's heart can cure her.
The older wife feigns fatal illness and says she must have her little stepchild's heart to eat.
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