Motif
Counter-food cure
counter_food_cure
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication 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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Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars THE TABLE, THE PACK, AND THE BAG. / THE KING OF THE TOADS. / THE MOUSE-HOLE, AND THE UNDERGROUND KINGDOM. / THE CUIRASSIER AND THE HORNED PRINCESS.; lines 10760-10870 confidence: high
After the first pear, horns begin to grow on the princess's head; they become so large she lies in the supper-hall, and the king, queen, and servants are horrified.
The same affliction caused after eating pears is removed when the princess eats an apple cut into four parts.
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