Pearl Tears
The Blessed Virgin became a godmother to a girl, Maria, whose mother died shortly after and was replaced by an evil stepmom. The Holy Mother spirited the girl away to a mountainside palace and made her into a servant, on the condition that she not enter a room or she'd be sent back. Maria broke the taboo and returned to her stepfamily. They learned that her tears became pearls and her laughter produced flowers. Naturally, they tortured for more. Maria and her nursemaid relocated and Mary informed her that she was blessed with romantic disinterest and that she'd live her life helping people in a sanctuary. Maria fulfilled her duties until her death.
Source: The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar.
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