Motif
Improvised thorn enclosure protects the survivor
improvised_thorn_enclosure_protects_the_survivor
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Apotropaic Protection and Sympathetic Magic. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 3824-3922 confidence: high
At sunrise the narrator descends and gathers dry brushwood, reeds, thorns, and faggots, making a circular tent-like shelter beneath the tree.
The narrator builds a tent-like barrier from brushwood, reeds, thorns, and faggots; the snake circles it but cannot enter.
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