Motif
bold guest eats under sentence of death
bold_guest_eats_under_sentence_of_death
A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 24426-24511 confidence: high
The soldier coughs loudly, the robbers discover the two men behind the stove, accuse them of spying, threaten them, and the soldier asks for food.
The robber captain says the fearless soldier may have food but must die afterward; the soldier calmly eats and asks for drink.
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