Motif
Animal swallows tiny traveler and releases him after a bargain
animal_swallows_tiny_traveler_and_releases_him_after_a_bargain
A motif of the Sacred Exchange and Reciprocity family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 6609-6693 confidence: high
Thumbling leaves the house, meets a fox in open country, and the fox snaps him up; Thumbling calls from the fox’s throat asking to be set free.
Thumbling is swallowed by a fox and secures release by promising the fox his father’s poultry.
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