Motif
Stolen children and false accusation against mother
stolen_children_and_false_accusation_against_mother
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
afro caribbean
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Jamaica Anansi Stories PREFACE. / ANIMAL STORIES. / OLD STORIES, CHIEFLY OF SORCERY. / MODERN EUROPEAN STORIES.; lines 6814-6909 confidence: high
After the first two births, the godmother steals each baby on the ninth night and places a cat, then a rotten block of wood, in the bed; the mother cannot speak and only weeps.
The godmother steals three babies, substitutes misleading objects or blood, and the king concludes the mother has destroyed the children.
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