Motif
blood-token signaling death
blood_token_signaling_death
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
romanian
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Roumanian Fairy Tales HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY / COPYRIGHT, 1885, / PREFACE. / CONTENTS.; lines 3697-3818 confidence: high
Busujok remains resolved to leave, gives Siminok a handkerchief that will show three drops of blood if he is dead, embraces him, and departs.
Busujok gives Siminok a handkerchief and says three drops of blood on it will mean he is dead; Siminok later sees the drops and concludes Busujok is dead.
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