Motif
sibling rescue through silence and crafted garments
sibling_rescue_through_silence_and_crafted_garments
A motif of the Sacred Twins and Sibling Pairs family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 7329-7430 confidence: high
On the execution day, the Queen is led to the stake after six years without speaking or laughing; six shirts are ready, but the sixth lacks its left sleeve.
The Queen’s six-year silence and the nearly completed shirts culminate in the deliverance of her brothers from swan form.
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