Motif
Dangerous service in a monster household
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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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1 traditions
romanian
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Roumanian Fairy Tales HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY / COPYRIGHT, 1885, / PREFACE. / CONTENTS.; lines 277-401 confidence: medium
Afraid after the test, the dragon says his mother has sought such a servant and offers wages of seven sacks of ducats for each of three days in the year.
After deceiving the dragon, Stan accepts rich wages to serve the dragon's mother, while the dragon and mother privately intend to get rid of him.
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