The constellation
S31 Cruel stepmother
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- Adulteress and paramour plot against her stepson. They fear that he may betray them · S31.1 entry
- Children enchanted by stepmother. (Cf. D683.) · S31.2 entry
- Cruel bird stepmother feeds young ones with thorns · S31.3 entry
- Cruel stepmother feeds children with fish spines (thorns) to kill them · S31.4 entry
- Girl persuades her father to marry a widow who has treated her kindly · S31.5 entry
cross-ref
carried in tale type
- Cinderella · ATU 510A
- The Kind and the Unkind Girls (previously The Spinning-Women by the Spring · ATU 480
- Little Brother and Little Sister · ATU 450
- The Black and the White Bride · ATU 403