Motif
ascetic or neglected suitor accepted by youngest daughter after elder refusals
ascetic_or_neglected_suitor_accepted_by_youngest_daughter_after_elder_refusals
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore GHOST STORIES. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER VI. / LEGENDS.; lines 15189-15307 confidence: medium
The note recounts a story carried by Hiouen-Thsang from India to China: a Rishi's body becomes like a withered tree after a vast ecstasy; he asks a king for a daughter; ninety-nine princesses refuse, the hundredth and youngest accepts for her father's sake, and the Rishi curses the refusing sisters into humpbacks.
The comparative note recounts a Rishi whose neglected body makes him a dreaded suitor; ninety-nine royal daughters refuse him, while the youngest accepts for her father's sake.
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