Motif
aged faithful animal threatened after loss of usefulness
aged_faithful_animal_threatened_after_loss_of_usefulness
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 7050-7177 confidence: high
At the start of “Old Sultan,” the farmer plans to shoot the old toothless dog as useless; the wife pleads for the faithful animal, and the dog overhears.
Old Sultan is faithful but old and toothless; the farmer plans to shoot him because he can no longer perform useful work.
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