Motif
Animal-hide disguise concealing royal identity
animal_hide_disguise_concealing_royal_identity
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs 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 10238-10327 confidence: high
Seeing no hope, the daughter flees at night with a golden ring, spinning-wheel, and reel; hides the dresses in a nutshell; wears the fur mantle; blackens herself with soot; reaches a forest; and sleeps in a hollow tree.
The daughter wears a mantle of many furs, blackens herself with soot, is mistaken for a wondrous beast, and is later called Allerleirauh and hairy animal.
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