Motif
deathless antagonist with externalized or conditional death
deathless_antagonist_with_externalized_or_conditional_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.
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore INTRODUCTORY. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER II. / MYTHOLOGICAL.; lines 3699-3814 confidence: high
Koshchei is called Immortal or Deathless because he exceeds ordinary laws; sometimes, like Baldur, he is killable only by one substance, and sometimes his death is an external object linked to his life, compared to the Norse giant with no heart in his body.
Koshchei may be killable only by one substance or have his death outside his body in an object linked to his life.
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