Motif
Abducted child rescued from Baba Yaga by younger sister
abducted_child_rescued_from_baba_yaga_by_younger_sister
A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
slavic
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore INTRODUCTORY. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER II. / MYTHOLOGICAL.; lines 6991-7100 confidence: high
Ivanushka is carried off in a whirlwind by Baba Yaga; his sisters try to rescue him by putting Baba Yaga to sleep and smearing her eyelids with pitch, and the youngest succeeds after giving butter to the cat Jeremiah.
Ivanushka is carried off by Baba Yaga, and his youngest sister rescues him after the older sisters fail.
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