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Motifs
- Drowned girl reborn as leech to take revenge on murderers. E693.1
- Recognition of murderers by their short hair. H75.7
- Murder will out: murderers quarrel under influence of drink and reveal crime. N271.11
- Punishment: small catch of fish for child-murderers. Fisherman and his wife have always caught three fishes. From greed they kill their child in order to have more fish for themselves. But they thereafter catch but two fishes. (Cf. Q211.4.) Q553.5
- Spouse murder pact. Princess kills her husband. Prince kills his wife. Murderers marry and usurp the throne. S63
- Hardhearted person refuses reprieve for father's murderers. W155.4
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