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Motifs
- Mother-in-law tabu. Mother-in-law and son-in-law must not have anything to do with each other. C171
- Mentula loquens. A man's member speaks and can be silenced only by his mother-in-law. D1610.6.2
- Moon made to eat wife's corpse by mother-in-law. G27
- Husband makes wife and mother-in-law believe he will bear a sheep. His wife was pregnant when he married her. J2321.3
- Mother-in-law's head is shaven, face blackened and she is led around city on ass-back as only cure for malady of daughter-in-law. K1945.1.1
- Treacherous mother-in-law accuses innocent wife. K2218.1
- Devil frightened by threatening to bring mother-in-law. K2325
- Man unwittingly lies with mother-in-law. N365.4
- Mother-in-law. P262
- Bad relations between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. P262.1
- Cruel mother-in-law. See references to K2110.1. and K2215, many of which have the present motif. S51
- Cruel mother-in-law plans death of daughter-in-law. S51.1
- Jealous mother-in-law and sisters cast woman's children forth. S322.6
- Son-in-law seduces mother-in-law. T417
- Mother-in-law seduces son-in-law. T417.1
Tale types