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29 motifs match “stepmother” · back to the chapters
- Witch stepmother. G205
- Tasks assigned by stepmother. H934.3
- Quest for witch stepmother. (Cf. S31.) H1397.1
- A snake for the real daughter. Stepdaughter, married to a snake, appears decorated with jewels. Stepmother desires a snake be procured for her daughter. She is swallowed instead. J2415.7
- Hypocritical stepmother weeps as she tells departing husband she will take good care of stepchildren though they beat her (she beats them instead). K2056
- Prophecy of king taking a cruel stepmother to her sons after her death enacted before eyes of dying queen by sparrow family living in tree by palace window. M369.2.1.1
- Curse by stepmother. (Cf. S31.) M411.1.1
- Wicked stepmother cursed to have fire lit under her. M431.6
- Faithful son guarding his father from monster falsely accused by stepmother. N342.1.1
- Wicked stepmother falls into the fire because of fright. (Cf. M431.6.) N384.3
- Stepmother. P282
- Realm ruled by stepmother, while king is absent. P282.1
- Stepmother mourns her stepsons' death, not her own son's. P282.2
- Stepmother in love with stepson. (Cf. T418.) P282.3
- Love of stepmother who has killed her husband refused. P282.3.1
- Supplying food to ungrateful stepmother rewarded. (Cf. Q151.2.) Q65.1
- Death passes by man who fed his stepmother. (Cf. Q65.1.) Q151.2
- Miraculous drowning as punishment for man's flight with stepmother. (Cf. Q242.) Q552.19.4
- Cruel stepmother. S31
- Children enchanted by stepmother. (Cf. D683.) S31.2
- Cruel bird stepmother feeds young ones with thorns. S31.3
- Cruel stepmother feeds children with fish spines (thorns) to kill them. S31.4
- Evil stepmother casts boy forth. S322.4
- Evil stepmother orders stepdaughter to be killed. S322.4.2
- Stepmother irritates two stepsons so that one kills the other. S322.4.3
- Evil stepmother works stepdaughter to death in absence of merchant husband. S322.7
- Heroine hidden by stepmother when suitor comes. T47
- Cruel stepmother enchants stepdaughter on eve of wedding. (Cf. D5, S31.) T154
- Lustful stepmother. T418