Motif
Wrongdoer involuntarily reveals hidden crime
wrongdoer_involuntarily_reveals_hidden_crime
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Hidden Wrongdoing Exposed. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
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Aino Folk-Tales AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1907-2004 confidence: high
The wife, thinking she is telling an old fairy-tale, recounts the actual events; the husband kills her, and the narrative states that this was how the gods chose to punish her.
The mother tells her husband the true story of what she did while believing she is telling an ancient fairy-tale.
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