Motif
Beloved abandoned through a deathbed marriage promise
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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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germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 10417-10513 confidence: high
A king’s son, betrothed to a maiden he loves, leaves to visit his dying father and gives his beloved a ring as a remembrance, saying he will return when king.
The prince gives his beloved a ring and promises to return, but his dying father secures a promise that he marry another king’s daughter.
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