Motif
Blood-token as life or death sign
blood_token_as_life_or_death_sign
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs 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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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore INTRODUCTORY. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER II. / MYTHOLOGICAL.; lines 4459-4592 confidence: high
Prince Ivan lets drops of blood from his little finger into a glass and tells his brothers that if the blood turns black, they should leave because he is about to die.
Prince Ivan leaves a glass containing his blood and says that if it turns black, it means he is about to die.
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