Motif
red warning signal opposed to white safe signal
red_warning_signal_opposed_to_white_safe_signal
A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm Household Tales by Brothers Grimm / CONTENTS; lines 1572-1669 confidence: high
The mother tells the sons to go into the forest, keep watch from the highest tree toward the castle tower, return if a white flag is raised for a son, flee if a red flag is raised for a daughter, and says she will pray for them, including warmth by fire in winter.
The mother establishes white and red flags as signals, and the blood-red flag announces the daughter’s birth and the brothers’ danger.
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