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
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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.
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