Motif
persecuted virtuous stepdaughter
persecuted_virtuous_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
romanian
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Roumanian Fairy Tales HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY / COPYRIGHT, 1885, / PREFACE. / CONTENTS.; lines 3943-4046 confidence: high
The widower remarries a widow; the widow's daughter is described negatively and favored, while the old man's virtuous daughter is persecuted and made to do hard work.
The old man's daughter is praised as virtuous and hardworking but is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsister and falsely accused.
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