Motif
cave refuge through the night
cave_refuge_through_the_night
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 3551-3629 confidence: high
At dusk the narrator enters a little cave, blocks its entrance with a stone, eats, lies down, and hears serpents crawling and hissing through the night.
The narrator survives the night by entering a small cave and blocking the entrance with a stone while serpents move outside.
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