Motif
Life measured by candles
life_measured_by_candles
A motif of the Fate Figures and Cosmic Weaving family, within the sub-family Fate Threads and Life-Span Measures. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 6425-6516 confidence: high
In the underground cave are countless candles in rows. Death explains that these are the lights of human lives, with different sizes linked to different life-stages.
Death shows candles of different sizes and states that they are the lights of human lives, including the physician's nearly extinguished candle.
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