Motif
Breaking an enchantment by recovering the controlling object
breaking_an_enchantment_by_recovering_the_controlling_object
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token 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 17239-17330 confidence: high
The girl searches among many glittering rings, sees the old woman carrying off a bird-cage, takes the cage, finds a bird inside with the plain ring in its bill, and takes the ring.
The man states that as long as the witch possessed the ring he could not regain human form; once the girl obtains the ring, he and his companions are released.
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