Motif
persecuted gifted stepdaughter
persecuted_gifted_stepdaughter
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
japanese
-
Japanese Fairy Tales THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY; lines 2053-2152 confidence: high
Hase-Hime unknowingly gives her little stepbrother the cup poured for him. Princess Terute had marked the poisoned bottle but nervously poured the wrong cup; the boy screams, collapses, and dies within the hour despite doctors being called.
Hase-Hime is targeted by her jealous stepmother first through poison and later by an order to kill her, while she is described as innocent and gifted.
read in the book →