Motif
Ambush of the hero while he is in a confined watery place
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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.
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estonian
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The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country CANTO IX / RUMOURS OF WAR / CANTO X / THE HEROES AND THE WATER-DEMON; lines 2551-2616 confidence: high
Young sorcerers gather around the well, think the hero is trapped, and throw a great millstone after him; after searching in mud and water, he springs out with the millstone on his finger and offers it to the maiden as a large finger-ring.
Young sorcerers gather around the well, believe the hero is trapped, and throw a millstone after him.
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