Motif
dissatisfied petitioner seeking longer life
dissatisfied_petitioner_seeking_longer_life
A motif of the Immortality Without Renewal family, within the sub-family Divine Life Extension and Its Conditions. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 21671-21720 confidence: high
Man appears healthy and vigorous, receives thirty years, and asks for more time after mentioning his house, hearth fire, and planted fruit-bearing trees.
Man receives thirty years, calls it too short, asks repeatedly for more, and remains unsatisfied even after receiving animal years.
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