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== [[Fairy Tale]]s ==
* The king and queen in "[[Donkeyskin]]" only had a daughter, and were content with this. But the queen fell ill and died without leaving a male heir, but not before saddling him with the additional restriction that his new wife equal her in beauty and other attributes. Which, after many failed considerations, leads him to the conclusion that his new wife should be {{spoiler|[[Parental Incest|his own daughter]]}}. Because that would be more acceptable than simply {{spoiler|letting her inherit the throne}}. {{spoiler|She manages to escape that situation, and marry a prince, to boot. Thankfully, the prince is not her brother}}.
** Other tales of this type include: "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718151024/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/stories/allfur.html All-Kinds-of-Fur]", "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131020230909/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/stories/kingdaughter.html The King Who Wished Marry To His Daughter]", "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130620100644/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/stories/shebear.html The She-Bear]", "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140325092007/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/stories/margerywhitecoat.html Margery White Coats]", and "[http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0510b.html#canziani Golden-Teeth]".
*** There is a kinder version of that tale in which the requirements (the new queen must be as beautiful as the old one with the same golden hair) are the same and the princess is the only one who fulfills them. However the king merely decides to marry her off to one of his advisers and she opts to run away rather than be forced into a loveless marriage.
* In "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718151309/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/stories/catskin.html Catskin]", the nobleman doesn't care about his daughter because he wants a son. When she grows up, he orders her married off to the first man who will have her and she has to run away.
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