Motif
Antagonist's life bound to standing plants
antagonist_s_life_bound_to_standing_plants
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token 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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Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars THE POOR MAN, AND THE KING OF THE CROWS. / THE USELESS WAGONER. / MIRKO, THE KING'S SON. / THE REED MAIDEN.; lines 13333-13433 confidence: high
The three reeds bow; the king's son cuts them with one blow; black blood springs from the stumps, a wail is heard, the witch dies because her life depended on the reeds, and the island is lit.
The passage states that the witch could live only while the three reeds stood, and she dies when they are cut.
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