Motif
Courageous visitor survives a deadly haunted treasure test
courageous_visitor_survives_a_deadly_haunted_treasure_test
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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estonian
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The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country THE TREASURE-BRINGER. / THE WOODEN MAN AND THE BIRCH-BARK MAID. / MARTIN AND HIS DEAD MASTER. / THE COURAGEOUS BARN-KEEPER.; lines 13143-13209 confidence: high
The old man rejoices, thanks the barn-keeper as his deliverer, and explains that he has guarded the treasure for many hundred years because no one could divide the money exactly; a binding oath forced him to strangle others.
The old man says previous visitors were strangled under his oath, while the barn-keeper completes the task, remains courageous in darkness, and carries off the treasure.
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