Jealous Stepmother Endangers Children
1
Stepmother’s Own Child Intensifies Threat To Stepchild
1
Animal Heart Substituted For Murdered Child
1
Jealous Stepmother Demands Child's Heart
1
Jealous Stepmother Falsely Accuses Innocent Stepchild
1
Jealous Wife Or Stepmother Harms Children
1
Repentance Of The Jealous Stepmother
1
Unkind Stepmother Threatens Father Child Bond
1
Comparative mythology corpus
Jealous Stepmother and Persecuted Child
8 tagged occurrences across 3 traditions.
A jealous stepmother, wife, or rival caretaker endangers, falsely accuses, or demands violence against an innocent child; the focus is persecution within the household rather than the child's sacred destiny.
8total occurrences
8child motifs
3traditions present
800 CE to 1200 CEknown era range
These counts are generated from tagged extraction evidence. Similarity means structural or thematic recurrence unless a source record explicitly supports historical contact.
Child Motifs
| Child Motif | Relationship | Occurrences | Traditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jealous Stepmother Endangers Children | child_motif | 1 | 1 |
| Stepmother’s Own Child Intensifies Threat To Stepchild | narrower_than | 1 | 1 |
| Animal Heart Substituted For Murdered Child | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Jealous Stepmother Demands Child's Heart | child_motif | 1 | 1 |
| Jealous Stepmother Falsely Accuses Innocent Stepchild | child_motif | 1 | 1 |
| Jealous Wife Or Stepmother Harms Children | child_motif | 1 | 1 |
| Repentance Of The Jealous Stepmother | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Unkind Stepmother Threatens Father Child Bond | heuristic_keyword_match | 1 | 1 |
Tradition Frequency
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Japanese
How This Tradition Tells It
4 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Japanese, this family appears through Stepmother’s Own Child Intensifies Threat To Stepchild (1), Jealous Stepmother Falsely Accuses Innocent Stepchild (1), Repentance Of The Jealous Stepmother (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Japanese Fairy Tales. This is a deterministic summary of 4 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese Fairy Tales | THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD; lines 3290-3387 | high | Unkind Stepmother Threatens Father Child Bond | record |
| Japanese Fairy Tales | THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD; lines 3389-3500 | high | Jealous Stepmother Falsely Accuses Innocent Stepchild | record |
| Japanese Fairy Tales | THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD; lines 3502-3611 | high | Repentance Of The Jealous Stepmother | record |
| Japanese Fairy Tales | THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY; lines 1946-2051 | high | Stepmother’s Own Child Intensifies Threat To Stepchild | record |
Ainu
How This Tradition Tells It
2 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Ainu, this family appears through Animal Heart Substituted For Murdered Child (1), Jealous Stepmother Demands Child's Heart (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Aino Folk-Tales. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aino Folk-Tales | AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 2006-2100 | high | Animal Heart Substituted For Murdered Child | record |
| Aino Folk-Tales | AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 2006-2100 | high | Jealous Stepmother Demands Child's Heart | record |
Celtic Irish
How This Tradition Tells It
2 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Celtic Irish, this family appears through Jealous Stepmother Endangers Children (1), Jealous Wife Or Stepmother Harms Children (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Gods and Fighting Men. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS / CHAPTER XV. LAEGAIRE IN THE HAPPY PLAIN / BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR; lines 5034-5139 | high | Jealous Stepmother Endangers Children | record |
| Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS / CHAPTER XV. LAEGAIRE IN THE HAPPY PLAIN / BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR; lines 5141-5243 | high | Jealous Wife Or Stepmother Harms Children | record |
Shared Structure
The convergence is broad rather than concentrated in one child motif: traditions repeatedly tag passages into this family while emphasizing locally different scenes.
Local Emphasis
Ainu leans toward Animal Heart Substituted For Murdered Child; Celtic Irish leans toward Jealous Stepmother Endangers Children; Japanese leans toward Stepmother’s Own Child Intensifies Threat To Stepchild.
Reading Rule
structuralthematiccontact not inferred
Timeline
Approximate eras from the cultural timeline index.ca. 800-1200 CE source traditions; 1905 retelling
Gods and Fighting Men
Celtic Irish - Medieval Irish mythic and heroic material - 2 tagged occurrences