Motif
detachable hearts removed nightly
detachable_hearts_removed_nightly
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 4828-4914 confidence: high
In the Samoyed tale, seven brothers remove their hearts nightly; a captive damsel hangs them on a tent-pole, and her brother later obtains and throws down the hearts, causing the brothers' deaths.
The Samoyed brothers take out their hearts every night, sleep without them, and die when the hearts are thrown down.
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