Motif
life-index plant
life_index_plant
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Plants and Trees Holding Life. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 6847-6926 confidence: medium
Russian variants describe death or vulnerability tied to an egg, a snake version with a stone in an egg-yolk, a blue rose-tree whose uprooting sickens an enchantress, and a prince's heart seething in a magic cauldron.
The Oldenburg tale describes flowers that bloom while corresponding royal children live and wither when they die; Russian and Bohemian examples also connect death or strength with a rose-tree or tree setting.
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