Motif
Cock-crow ends apparition
cock_crow_ends_apparition
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
estonian
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The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country THE WOODEN MAN AND THE BIRCH-BARK MAID. / MARTIN AND HIS DEAD MASTER. / THE COURAGEOUS BARN-KEEPER. / THE GALLOWS-DWARFS.; lines 13417-13475 confidence: medium
The dwarf says his debt is paid, directs Hans to a loose stone in the north church wall at full-moon midnight, describes hidden wartime treasure, orders one-third for the poor, and vanishes after a distant cock crows.
Immediately after a cock crows in a distant village, the headless dwarf vanishes.
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