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Mother-child Relationship in Folktales Malin Kundang and The Legend Bread ( Monomyth theory)
This study focuses on comparison of the relationship between mother and child in folktales The Legend of Malin Kundang and The Golden Bread. The objective of the study is to find out the relationship between mother and child that can change the fate of children in folktales. This study is a library study and it used gualitative method and uses Monomyth theory by Joseph Campbell to find the relationship between mother and child in folktales The Legend of Malin Kundang and The Golden Bread. The findings of this study indicate that Malin Kundang's journey at the departure stage went well because Malin had a wish to make his mother happy. Malin Kundang's mother gave more trust to her son when Malin Kundang wanted to go abroad. However, Malin Kundang was cursed by his mother to be a stone for forgetting the true purpose of his journey which caused his fate to turn into disaster. Meanwhile, Narcissa passed the Departure stage of The Golden Bread because of her wish. Narcissa's mother always warned her daughter about good things even though at first her daughter Narcissa was disobedient. However, Narcissa was able to efficiently complete the Return stage, turning her fate into good luck as Narcissa apparently remembered all of her
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