Motif
artificial double sent as substitute
artificial_double_sent_as_substitute
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
estonian
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The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country SLYBOOTS. / THE GOLD-SPINNERS. / SECTION II / THE WOOD OF TONTLA.; lines 6416-6505 confidence: high
Conversation is in an unknown foreign language; the lady sends a maid to summon a little old man with an extremely long beard, then says she will adopt Elsie and orders him to make an image of Elsie to send to the village in her place.
The lady commands that an image of Elsie be made and sent to the village in her stead; it later becomes a perfect image wearing Elsie's old clothes.
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