Motif
concealed mistreated heroine revealed by magical tokens
concealed_mistreated_heroine_revealed_by_magical_tokens
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 18195-18284 confidence: high
When a young knight approaches, the sisters hide Two-eyes and her apples under a barrel, claim the tree as theirs, fail to break off a branch, and are exposed when Two-eyes rolls apples to the knight.
The sisters hide Two-eyes under a barrel, but she rolls golden apples to the knight, causing him to ask to see her.
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