Motif
Stepmother’s own child intensifies threat to stepchild
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A motif of the Jealous Stepmother and Persecuted Child family, within the sub-family Stepmother Favoritism, Betrayal, Magic, and Reversal. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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japanese
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Japanese Fairy Tales THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY; lines 1946-2051 confidence: high
Terute has a son and thinks that if Hase-Hime were gone, her son would have all his father’s love; this thought grows into a desire to take Hase-Hime’s life.
After Terute has a son, she imagines Hase-Hime as an obstacle to her son receiving all of Toyonari’s love and begins desiring Hase-Hime’s death.
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