Motif
animal announces hidden or approaching fate
animal_announces_hidden_or_approaching_fate
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination 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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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER III. / MYTHOLOGICAL. / SOZH AND DNIEPER.; lines 9457-9574 confidence: high
While the stepmother prepares funeral cakes, the dog under the table announces that the master’s daughter is being borne in silver and gold by the wedding party, while the mistress’s daughter is wooed by none; it repeats this despite being given cake.
The dog under the table repeatedly barks reports about the stepdaughter’s bridal glory and the stepmother’s daughter’s death despite being fed and ordered to change its words.
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