Motif
boast answered by dangerous royal task
boast_answered_by_dangerous_royal_task
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall 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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Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars THE THREE KINGDOMS. / VASSILISSA GOLDEN TRESS, BAREHEADED BEAUTY. / THE RING WITH TWELVE SCREWS. / THE FOOTLESS AND THE BLIND.; lines 4913-5057 confidence: high
At a brewery, Nikita Koltoma claims he can find the bride; others mock him and warn that the Tsar may kill him for an empty boast.
Nikita's boast is reported to the Tsar, who binds him to the task with promises of wealth and office if successful and beheading if false.
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