Motif
Virtuous stepdaughter persecuted by jealous stepmother
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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.
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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
Prince Toyonari marries Princess Terute after Murasaki's death; Terute is described as cruel-hearted, does not love Hase-Hime, says she is not her child, and is unkind, while Hase-Hime remains patient and obedient.
After the father's remarriage, Princess Terute rejects Hase-Hime as not her child, is unkind, becomes jealous of her success, and later desires her death, while Hase-Hime remains obedient and patient.
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