Motif
Antagonist and company destroyed by fire in a locked house
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 6695-6789 confidence: high
The bridegroom sees the decorated skull at the window and mistakes it for the bride; after he and the guests enter, the bride's brothers and kinsmen lock the doors, set the house on fire, and the wizard and crew burn.
The bride's kin lock the house doors, set the house on fire, and the wizard and his crew burn.
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