Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

persecuted stepdaughter

persecuted_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


caucasian

  • Caucasian Folk-Tales BRAVE NASNI III / II2 FAIRY TALES / II4 FAIRY TALES / THE COURAGEOUS DAUGHTER 117; lines 5569-5588 confidence: high

    An old man remarries after his wife's death; his second wife bears a daughter, and he already has a daughter by his first wife.

    The second wife hates her stepdaughter and has the girl's father abandon her in a dangerous place.

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