Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Found golden key to hidden locked chest

found_golden_key_to_hidden_locked_chest

A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


germanic

  • Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 24512-24610 confidence: high

    In winter, a poor boy fetching wood lights a fire to warm himself, scrapes away snow, and finds a tiny gold key.

    The poor boy finds a tiny gold key in the snow, digs for a lock, finds an iron chest, and turns the key in its tiny keyhole.

    read in the book