ðeɪ mˈeɪ ɪnsˈaɪt ðɛɹ sˈɪstɚ tə bɹˈeɪk ðə tæbˈuː hɜː hˈʌsbənd hɐz lˈeɪd ˈɔn hɜː, æz ɪn kjˈuːpɪd ænd sˈaɪkiː, ɔːɹ mˌeɪk ɪɾ ɐpˈɪɹ ðæt ʃiː hɐz kˈɪld hɜːɹ ˈoʊn tʃˈɪldɹən tə mˌeɪk hɜː hˈʌsbənd hˈeɪt hɜː, æz ɪnðə dˈænsɪŋ wˈɔːɾɚ, ðə sˈɪŋɪŋ ˈæpəl, ænd ðə spˈiːkɪŋ bˈɜːd.
They may incite their sister to break the taboo her husband has laid on her, as in Cupid and Psyche, or make it appear that she has killed her own children to make her husband hate her, as in The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird.