Motif
deathless antagonist
deathless_antagonist
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness 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 2981-3076 confidence: medium
The passage divides powers of darkness into male and female groups. Male figures named are the Snake, Koshchei the Deathless, and the Morskoi Tsar or King of the Waters. Female figures named are Baba Yaga or Hag, the Witch, and the Female Snake.
Koshchei is named with the epithet 'the Deathless' among prominent male powers of darkness.
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