Motif
complete burning required to prevent supernatural escape
complete_burning_required_to_prevent_supernatural_escape
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
slavic
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER V. / GHOST STORIES.; lines 13457-13614 confidence: high
The warlock boasts of his power and says he can be overcome only by burning him on a large aspen pyre while catching and burning every snake, worm, reptile, bird, or maggot that emerges from him.
The warlock says he must be burned on an aspen pyre and that every creature emerging from him must be thrown into the fire, since even one escaping maggot would let him slip away.
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