Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

wicked stepmother or hostile farmer's wife

wicked_stepmother_or_hostile_farmer_s_wife

A motif of the Jealous Stepmother and Persecuted Child family, within the sub-family Direct Stepmother and Stepfamily Persecution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


estonian

  • The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country THE GRATEFUL PRINCE. / SLYBOOTS. / THE GOLD-SPINNERS. / SECTION II; lines 6203-6224 confidence: high

    Wicked stepmothers and farmers' wives are described as common in these folk-tales.

    The passage says wicked stepmothers and farmers' wives are common in these folk-tales.

    read in the book