Motif
external life or death hidden in a distant object
external_life_or_death_hidden_in_a_distant_object
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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Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars THE FEATHER OF BRIGHT FINIST THE FALCON. / WATER OF YOUTH, WATER OF LIFE, AND WATER OF DEATH. / THE FOOTLESS AND BLIND CHAMPIONS. / THE THREE KINGDOMS.; lines 4100-4220 confidence: high
Koshchéi says, “My death is in an egg, the egg is in a duck, and the duck is in a stump floating on the sea.”
Koshchéi’s death is not in his body but in an egg hidden through a chain of containers; breaking the egg kills him.
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