Motif
death located in an ordinary threshold object
death_located_in_an_ordinary_threshold_object
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
slavic
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Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars THE THREE KINGDOMS. / VASSILISSA GOLDEN TRESS, BAREHEADED BEAUTY. / THE RING WITH TWELVE SCREWS. / THE FOOTLESS AND THE BLIND.; lines 5432-5581 confidence: medium
Koshchéi flies home from hunting, remarks on the presence of Russia, eats and rests. Vassilissa flatters and kisses him, asks where his death is, and he says his death is in a broom at the threshold.
Koshchéi says that his death is in a broom lying at the threshold.
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