Motif
animal and object travelers punish a wicked householder
animal_and_object_travelers_punish_a_wicked_householder
A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest 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 6231-6324 confidence: medium
In 'Herr Korbes,' a cock and hen travel in a red-wheeled carriage drawn by four mice; a cat, millstone, egg, duck, pin, and needle join them, and they take positions in Herr Korbes’s house while he is absent.
Animals and household objects travel to Herr Korbes’s house, arrange themselves as hazards, and collectively injure him until the millstone kills him.
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