Motif
jealous wife or stepmother harms children
jealous_wife_or_stepmother_harms_children
A motif of the Jealous Stepmother and Persecuted Child family, within the sub-family Direct Stepmother and Stepfamily Persecution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS / CHAPTER XV. LAEGAIRE IN THE HAPPY PLAIN / BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR; lines 5141-5243 confidence: high
Aoife orders her people to kill the four children of Lir and promises a reward; they refuse and warn that the deed is bad and will bring harm.
Aoife targets the children because of Lir's attachment to them, first attempts to have them killed, and then enchants them; Fionnuala names jealousy as the cause.
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