Motif
Persecuted stepdaughter overhears murder plot
persecuted_stepdaughter_overhears_murder_plot
A motif of the Jealous Stepmother and Persecuted Child family, within the sub-family Murder Demands, Lethal Plots, and Substituted Bodies. 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 8323-8390 confidence: high
The witch's daughter envies the stepdaughter's pretty apron; the witch promises that she shall have it and plans to cut off the stepdaughter's head at night, telling her daughter to lie at the far side of the bed and push the stepdaughter to the front.
The witch plots to behead the stepdaughter, but the stepdaughter hears the plan before nightfall.
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