Motif
External hidden death in nested containers and animals
external_hidden_death_in_nested_containers_and_animals
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
slavic
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore INTRODUCTORY. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER II. / MYTHOLOGICAL.; lines 4459-4592 confidence: high
Koshchei says his death is where an oak stands: under the oak is a casket, in the casket a hare, in the hare a duck, in the duck an egg, and in the egg his death; afterward he flies away.
Koshchei states that his death is not in his body but in an egg, inside a duck, inside a hare, inside a casket, under an oak.
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