Motif
jealous stepmother plots against rightful young bride
jealous_stepmother_plots_against_rightful_young_bride
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.
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romanian
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Roumanian Fairy Tales HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY / COPYRIGHT, 1885, / PREFACE. / CONTENTS.; lines 1000-1127 confidence: high
The emperor's stepmother has a daughter and had intended that daughter to become empress instead of Laptitza; she decides that, if Laptitza's promise is fulfilled, the emperor and world should be made to believe otherwise.
The stepmother wanted her own daughter to be empress and plans to make the emperor and world believe Laptitza's promise was not fulfilled.
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