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56-Nepali Folklore: Hope You Guess My Name

Myths and Legends

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The Story of Maita and the Step-Sister

The step-mother wanted Maita to see what would happen to those that helped the young girl, even if they were just animals. This is common in Cinderella stories, where the step-mother finds the Cinderella character as being helped by a matronly animal and subsequently kills the animal. "Maita was happy. She had an ally now. She had a friend," says author Lina Khatib.

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