Motif
Cockcrow ends nocturnal supernatural power
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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.
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore SOZH AND DNIEPER. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER IV. / MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT.; lines 11864-12010 confidence: high
The devils light wood under the stove-pipe; cockcrow makes the devils vanish and the witch fall flat, after which the Soldier puts out the fire and restores the coffin.
In both night episodes, cockcrow coincides with the devils vanishing or the witch collapsing.
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