Motif
wicked stepmother’s false accusation against an innocent heroine
wicked_stepmother_s_false_accusation_against_an_innocent_heroine
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
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 2154-2248 confidence: high
Katoda obeys outwardly, places Hase-Hime in a palanquin, and takes her to a solitary place in a wild district; Hase-Hime does not protest to her unkind stepmother.
The stepmother’s invented charges and false account cause Hase-Hime’s removal and conceal the reason for her disappearance.
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