Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

book and staff of doom

book_and_staff_of_doom

A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


estonian

  • The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country THE NOCTURNAL CHURCH-GOERS. / THE CHURCH AT REVEL. / THE CHURCH AT FELLIN. / THE RICH BROTHER AND THE POOR ONE.; lines 14296-14417 confidence: high

    In Nuckö, the Plague appears as an old grey man with a taper, staff, book, and three-cornered hat; he checks names in the book, shines the taper on faces, and touches the doomed with the staff.

    The Plague consults a book of victims, verifies faces with a taper, and touches the doomed with a staff.

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