Motif
Absent heroic ally delayed by innumerable enemies
absent_heroic_ally_delayed_by_innumerable_enemies
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare 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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Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars MAGYAR MYTHS AND FOLK-TALES. / THE POOR MAN, AND THE KING OF THE CROWS. / THE USELESS WAGONER. / MIRKO, THE KING'S SON.; lines 12542-12648 confidence: high
The king says Mirko knows honor, explains that he weeps over his sons' unfitness and laughs while awaiting the Hero of the Plain, who daily battles innumerable enemies in the silken meadow.
The king awaits the Hero of the Plain, but the hero cannot come because each day he must cut down enemies as numerous as grass-blades.
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