Motif
treacherous brothers exposed and punished
treacherous_brothers_exposed_and_punished
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
slavic
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Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen THE PRINCE WITH THE GOLDEN HAND / THE PRINCE WITH THE GOLDEN HAND / IMPERISHABLE / OHNIVAK; lines 6109-6124 confidence: high
The prince relates all his adventures, and Zlato-Vlaska says the wicked brothers had threatened to kill her if she betrayed them.
Zlato-Vlaska reports that the wicked brothers threatened to kill her; they tremble and are ordered executed by the king.
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore INTRODUCTORY. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER II. / MYTHOLOGICAL.; lines 3498-3617 confidence: high
"Here is he who brought us out of the other world. His brothers forbade us to say that he was alive, threatening to slay us if we did."
The youngest bride reveals that the brothers hid the Prince's survival and threatened the brides; the King then punishes those sons.
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