Motif
persecuted industrious stepdaughter
persecuted_industrious_stepdaughter
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
slavic
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER III. / MYTHOLOGICAL. / SOZH AND DNIEPER.; lines 9176-9292 confidence: high
The tale “Frost” begins: an old man has a wife and three daughters; the wife dislikes her eldest stepdaughter Marfa, scolds her, and makes her rise early to do house and cattle work.
Marfa is unloved by her stepmother, made to perform hard work, insulted by her stepsisters, and contrasted with their idleness.
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