Motif
child raised in captivity demands hidden father
child_raised_in_captivity_demands_hidden_father
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 20918-21002 confidence: high
Hans and his mother live for years with robbers in a cave; she tells him stories, teaches him to read knight tales, and he makes a fir-branch club at age nine.
Hans grows up in the robber cave and repeatedly demands to know who his father is, while his mother initially withholds the information.
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