Treacherous relatives-in-law — Mythoi

Motif

Treacherous relatives-in-law.

Deceptions. · Villains and traitors. · Treacherous relatives. · view the constellation · filed as K2218

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross (cf. K2211.1).

Within the index

Filed under Treacherous relatives. Distinction between treacherous relatives and cruel relatives (S0–S99) is frequently impossible to make. Relatives whose treachery seems to be uppermost have been listed here; those usually possessing power over their charges and exercising their power in a cruel fashion have been listed under cruel relatives.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Treacherous mother-in-law accuses innocent wife Treacherous father-in-law

Filed beside it

Treacherous brother. Usually elder brother Treacherous sister. Usually elder sister Treacherous wife Treacherous children Treacherous uncle

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