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A man has two wives
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The wives appear to be working harmoniously to
take care of the household and their two children while the husband is out trading
in the bush
o
Each woman had a child, and the father specifically
asked the mothers to ensure that no harm came to the children
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The wives decide to go fish so that they can
feed their husband quality food upon his return
o
They couldn’t leave the children alone so they
took turns fishing and supervising the children
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The elder wife was actually jealous and angry
that the younger wife’s child was more intelligent than hers
o
She decides to murder the younger wife’s child
using a razor-sharp knife
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The elder mother goes to murder the child in the
night when they are sleeping, and she kills it
o
The child is referred to as it throughout the
story
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The elder mother actually ended up murdering her
child while the other child ran away
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The other child tells the mother, and eventually
everyone else, that the elder mother murdered her child
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The elder mother runs into the forest with the
remains of her child
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The husband returns and can’t believe that the
elder mother would do that, so he enlists the help of his friends to search for
her
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One man finds the elder woman attempting to
soothe the child and convince it to eat, even though it is dead
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They imprison the elder woman and feed her a poison
before burning her body
The Use of Casca. Drawing by Dennett
Bibliography: This story can be found here. Story source: Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort by Richard Edward Dennett (1898).
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