Motif
false accusations create impossible tasks
false_accusations_create_impossible_tasks
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal 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 YELENA THE WISE. / THE SEVEN SIMEONS, FULL BROTHERS. / THE ENCHANTED PRINCESS. / VASSILISSA THE CUNNING AND THE TSAR OF THE SEA.; lines 8048-8172 confidence: high
Ivan serves the Tsar of the Sea. Chumichka falsely says Ivan boasted of clearing a forest, cultivating wheat, and baking cakes overnight, and the Tsar orders Ivan to do it by morning under threat of beheading.
Chumichka twice lies that Ivan has boasted of impossible abilities, causing the Tsar to impose tasks under threat of beheading.
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