Motif
coded gift requesting marriage
coded_gift_requesting_marriage
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
caucasian
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Caucasian Folk-Tales COCK AND HEN NIGHTINGALE 43 / CHILDREN WITH GOLDEN LOCKS 45 / THE STORY OF THE PIG 47 / THE STORY OF THE PIG 49; lines 2950-3062 confidence: high
The youngest princess gives her father three gherkins, explaining the rotten one as her eldest sister, the over-ripe one as her second sister, and the fresh one as herself, and says they want husbands.
The youngest princess gives the king three gherkins and interprets them as her sisters and herself, saying that they want husbands.
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