Motif
Captive dangerous animal as proof for restored status
captive_dangerous_animal_as_proof_for_restored_status
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs 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 18286-18379 confidence: medium
The lion lies still; the fox ties the lion’s legs together with the horse’s tail, signals the horse, and the horse springs up and drags the roaring lion across the country to the master’s door.
The horse’s delivery of the lion to the master’s door causes the master to reverse his decision and maintain the horse.
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