Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-27818776-20150519204832

I had another candidate that I had in mind: the Stepmother from the Juniper Tree. In that fairy tale, a stepmother murders her stepson, because she wanted the inheritance to go to her daughter, who's actually given a name in-story. She then manipulates her daughter into thinking that she killed her brother, because she had placed her son's corpse on a bench outside, and tried to put his head back on. She then cooks her son, and she feeds him to his own father.

Now, I know that fairy tales were rather messed up back then, but I believe that she's a stand out mostly in how utterly horrifying her plan was. It's also made clear that she doesn't value her daughter, because if she did, then she wouldn't manipulate her into thinking that she killed her brother and that she tried to force her to eat him. A possible mitigating factor is that the whole issue on inheritance was a big deal back then, but the fairy tale only paints her as wicked and greedy, and it's never stated that she had a mental disorder.

Overall, what do you think about her? 