Motif
Long-awaited kin avenger
long_awaited_kin_avenger
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
caucasian
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Caucasian Folk-Tales URYSMAG, CHAMYTS, SOSRYQO 205 / URYSMAG, CHAMYTS, SOSRYQO 207 / ETSEMEJ, SON OF ETSEJ 209 / ETSEMEJ, SON OF ETSEJ 211; lines 9234-9306 confidence: high
The warriors state that a princess of the house of Etsej sent them; she seeks vengeance against Kuba and cannot herself cross the swollen river.
The princess has waited ten years for her nephew to avenge her brother's death at Kuba's hands, and Etsemej identifies himself as that nephew and helper.
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