Motif
aged helper enters service and directs the journey
aged_helper_enters_service_and_directs_the_journey
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
romanian
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Roumanian Fairy Tales HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY / COPYRIGHT, 1885, / PREFACE. / CONTENTS.; lines 3384-3506 confidence: medium
The son-in-law returns to the palace and plans to take his wife home; he meets an old man who enters his service, and this old man later directs the grand journey as the Pea Emperor’s steward.
An old feeble man asks to serve the son-in-law, is accepted, then manages the journey and presents himself as steward.
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