Motif
Army emerging from a small container
army_emerging_from_a_small_container
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container 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 VASSILISSA THE CUNNING AND THE TSAR OF THE SEA. / CHEKH MYTHS AND FOLK-TALES. / BOYISLAV, YOUNGEST OF TWELVE. / THE TABLE, THE PACK, AND THE BAG.; lines 9227-9325 confidence: high
The king prepares his army. Yanek opens the pack, commands enormous infantry and cavalry forces to emerge, fills the country before the castle with troops, and the king raises a white flag when Yanek signals attack.
Yanek opens the pack and summons vast infantry and cavalry that fill the country before the castle, later ordering them back into the pack.
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