Motif
deathless antagonist’s hidden or locatable death
deathless_antagonist_s_hidden_or_locatable_death
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 FEATHER OF BRIGHT FINIST THE FALCON. / WATER OF YOUTH, WATER OF LIFE, AND WATER OF DEATH. / THE FOOTLESS AND BLIND CHAMPIONS. / THE THREE KINGDOMS.; lines 3976-4098 confidence: medium
Ivan wakes, finds Peerless Beauty gone, weeps, comes to Koshchéi Without-Death’s kingdom, asks lodging of an old woman, and hears from her that he cannot kill Koshchéi and that Koshchéi will go to war the next day.
An old woman says Ivan cannot kill Koshchéi, and Ivan instructs Peerless Beauty to ask Koshchéi where his death is.
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