Motif
life-token indicating the absent hero's fate
life_token_indicating_the_absent_hero_s_fate
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Life-Tokens Signaling an Absent Person's Fate. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 10618-10728 confidence: high
Bahman departs early on horseback; when Parizade fears he may not return, he gives her a knife whose clean blade means life and blood-spotted blade means death.
Bahman gives Parizade a knife whose blade will remain clean if he lives and become blood-spotted if he dies.
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