Motif
monster reveals or discloses its own vulnerability
monster_reveals_or_discloses_its_own_vulnerability
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family, within the sub-family Targets revealing their own hiding place or weakness. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 6928-6980 confidence: medium
In a Norse tale, a giant says his heart is in an egg inside a duck in a well in a church on an island in a lake; the hero obtains and breaks the egg, and the giant bursts.
Several beings disclose to a princess or other hearer the hidden condition by which they can be killed or undone.
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