Motif
Failed destruction by fire of an invulnerable monster
failed_destruction_by_fire_of_an_invulnerable_monster
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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estonian
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The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country THE GALLOWS-DWARFS. / THE TREASURE AT KERTELL. / THE GOLDEN SNAKES. / THE NOCTURNAL CHURCH-GOERS.; lines 13705-13800 confidence: medium
Neighbouring kings offer rewards for the monster’s destruction; attempts fail, a forest fire leaves the monster unharmed, and old people say only King Solomon’s Seal, with a secret inscription, can reveal how to destroy it.
A wood containing the monster is burned, but although the wood is destroyed the monster is unharmed because ordinary attacks have failed.
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