Motif
Demonic use of an unblessed light to create destructive fire
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A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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slavic
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore SOZH AND DNIEPER. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER IV. / MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT.; lines 11864-12010 confidence: high
The devils search for the Soldier; a very old devil sees him on the stove-pipe and orders a candle-end lighted without a blessing.
The old devil orders a candle-end lighted without a blessing, and the devils use it to ignite wood below the Soldier.
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