Motif
recruitment of extraordinary companions
recruitment_of_extraordinary_companions
A motif of the The Hero's Journey 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 ETSEMEJ, SON OF ETSEJ 215 / ETSEMEJ, SON OF ETSEJ 217 / ETSEMEJ, SON OF ETSEJ 219 / AN UDIAN VARIANT 221; lines 9591-9661 confidence: high
Rustum leaves the king’s house after noticing dislike, then meets a man holding a nut-tree over reapers for shade and invites him to come along.
Rustum meets three men performing impossible or marvelous feats, commands each to come with him, and they join his group.
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