Motif
persecuted stepdaughter given an impossible domestic task
persecuted_stepdaughter_given_an_impossible_domestic_task
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
germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 22672-22750 confidence: high
The tale 'The True Sweethearts' begins with a young beautiful girl who lost her mother in childhood; her stepmother makes her life wretched and gives her heavier and heavier burdens.
The stepmother makes the motherless girl's life wretched and orders her to pick twelve pounds of feathers by evening under threat of beating.
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