Motif
Cockcrow ends or constrains nocturnal supernatural activity
cockcrow_ends_or_constrains_nocturnal_supernatural_activity
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle 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 MOON-PAINTER. / THE TREASURE-BRINGER. / THE WOODEN MAN AND THE BIRCH-BARK MAID. / MARTIN AND HIS DEAD MASTER.; lines 12810-12911 confidence: high
The master says the cocks will soon crow, identifies money under the bedroom floor near the stove, and says a living person can stamp three times on his grave with the left heel, saying “Here shall you lie.”
The dead master must return before the cocks crow, and the animated dead horse collapses when the cock crows.
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