Motif
Dangerous night vigil over a dead body
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A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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slavic
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore SOZH AND DNIEPER. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER IV. / MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT.; lines 11709-11862 confidence: high
The grandfather says the merchant will ask the Soldier to read psalms over the dead daughter, warns of danger whether he goes or not, and advises moderate drinking, hiding on the stove at midnight, and praying.
The Soldier is locked in the room to read the psalter over the dead daughter, and the corpse-related midnight events threaten his life.
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