Motif
Apparition visible to an outsider but not to the household
apparition_visible_to_an_outsider_but_not_to_the_household
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception 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 19900-19994 confidence: high
During dinner at noon, the visiting stranger sees a pale child in snow-white clothes enter and leave a room on repeated days, but the father, mother, and children do not see it.
The visiting stranger sees the pale child repeatedly, while the father, mother, and children see nothing when it is pointed out.
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