Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

persecuted stepchild aided by a magical animal

persecuted_stepchild_aided_by_a_magical_animal

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


romanian

  • Roumanian Fairy Tales HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY / COPYRIGHT, 1885, / PREFACE. / CONTENTS.; lines 5360-5480 confidence: high

    The youth receives a cake made of ashes from his mother, cannot eat it, sits under a tree at noon, and weeps from hunger and misery.

    The youth is mistreated by his stepmother and receives speech, food, advice, transport, and protection from Tellerchen.

    read in the book