Motif
Forked forest path as travel test with unequal provisions
forked_forest_path_as_travel_test_with_unequal_provisions
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 15000-15085 confidence: high
The travellers reach a great forest on the road to the capital; two paths go through it, one taking seven days and one two days, but neither knows which is shorter; they sit beneath an oak-tree to plan bread provisions.
The travellers encounter two forest paths of different lengths without knowing which is shorter, then choose different amounts of bread before entering the forest.
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