Motif
Bound antagonist empowered by water
bound_antagonist_empowered_by_water
A motif of the Sacred Waters and Passage Through Water 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 RING WITH TWELVE SCREWS. / THE FOOTLESS AND THE BLIND. / GO TO THE VERGE OF DESTRUCTION AND BRING BACK SHMAT-RAZUM. / MARYA MOREVNA.; lines 6434-6559 confidence: high
Ivan opens the closet and finds Koshchéi Without-Death hanging inside, fastened with twelve chains; Koshchéi asks for drink after twelve years without food or water.
Koshchéi asks for drink, receives three tubs of water, regains his former strength, and breaks twelve chains.
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