Motif
Deathless named figure
deathless_named_figure
A motif of the Immortality Without Renewal family, within the sub-family Deathless Figures Persisting Across Ages. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
slavic
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Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars / CONTENTS. / RUSSIAN MYTHS AND FOLK-TALES.; lines 127-179 confidence: medium
“Koshchéi Without-Death” appears twice, once with page 106 and once with page 165.
The title “Koshchéi Without-Death” appears twice, naming a figure by lack of death.
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore XVII. KOSHCHEI THE DEATHLESS 111 / XVIII. THE WATER SNAKE 126 / XIX. THE WATER KING AND VASILISSA THE WISE 130 / XX. THE BABA YAGA 148; lines 403-415 confidence: low
“KOSHCHEI THE DEATHLESS”
The table of contents includes the title “Koshchei the Deathless,” explicitly applying deathlessness to Koshchei.
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