Motif
Cure by recovery of a bodily object hidden with an animal
cure_by_recovery_of_a_bodily_object_hidden_with_an_animal
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token 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 20839-20916 confidence: high
Hans plucks a feather from the sleeping Griffin's tail; the Griffin wakes, and in conversation with his wife reveals the hidden key, the toad's nest of the daughter's hair that will cure her, and the way the ferry-man can be released.
The daughter's illness is cured when Hans recovers a toad's nest made of her hair and gives it back to her.
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