Motif
oppressed orphaned stepchild denied food despite labor
oppressed_orphaned_stepchild_denied_food_despite_labor
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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West African Folk-Tales XX. HOW THE TORTOISE GOT ITS SHELL / XXI. THE HUNTER AND THE TORTOISE / XXII. THE TAIL OF THE PRINCESS ELEPHANT / XXIII. KWOFI AND THE GODS; lines 2071-2110 confidence: high
Kwofi is the eldest son of a farmer with two wives; his mother dies when he is three, he is given to his stepmother, and his father dies when Kwofi is about ten.
Kwofi is orphaned, works for his stepmother, brings home meat or fish, and is repeatedly denied any share of it.
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