Motif
Captive woman learns the antagonist's vulnerability
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A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 6586-6652 confidence: high
The author summarizes a common form: an invulnerable warlock, giant, or fairyland being hides his soul far away; a captive princess obtains the secret; a hero destroys the soul, heart, life, or death and kills the being.
The general plot includes an enthralled princess who obtains the secret, and the Punchkin tale has the captive queen elicit the secret by feigning willingness to marry him.
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