Motif
nested containers of a monster's strength
nested_containers_of_a_monster_s_strength
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Nested Containers and Guarded Hiding Places. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 14992-15134 confidence: high
An Albanian story is summarized: a monster's strength is in three pigeons, inside a hare, inside the silver tusk of a wild boar; killing or opening these progressively weakens and finally kills the monster.
The Albanian example places the monster's strength in pigeons inside a hare inside a boar's silver tusk, and destruction proceeds through the nested sequence.
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