Motif
magic bag that produces castles
magic_bag_that_produces_castles
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
slavic
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Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars VASSILISSA THE CUNNING AND THE TSAR OF THE SEA. / CHEKH MYTHS AND FOLK-TALES. / BOYISLAV, YOUNGEST OF TWELVE. / THE TABLE, THE PACK, AND THE BAG.; lines 9125-9225 confidence: high
After eating and sleeping under a tree, Yanek meets another grandfather who asks for food; the grandfather offers a bag for the table and says it can call out as many castles as Yanek wishes.
The second grandfather describes the bag as able to call out castles, and Yanek uses it to create a castle in the garden.
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