Motif
fetching water from a distant well as decisive race task
fetching_water_from_a_distant_well_as_decisive_race_task
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
germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 10794-10873 confidence: high
The race is to be won by whoever first brings water from a far distant well; the runner receives a pitcher, reaches the well quickly, fills it, returns halfway, becomes fatigued, and falls asleep using a horse’s skull as a pillow.
The victor is defined as the first racer to bring water from a far distant well.
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