Motif
Supernatural pursuit ending in marriage choice
supernatural_pursuit_ending_in_marriage_choice
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
siberian
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Tales of Yukaghir, Lamut, and Russianized Natives of Eastern Siberia Tales of Yukaghir, Lamut, and Russianized Natives of Eastern Siberia / INTRODUCTION. / I. TALES OF THE TUNDRA YUKAGHIR.1; lines 108-204 confidence: medium
The girl sees a Lamut tent covered with white skins, collapses at its entrance, awakens with a young man on each side, and sees the evil spirit as a handsome youth combing his hair.
After chasing the girl to the Lamut tent, the eldest brother says he appeared as the evil spirit because he wanted to bring her to his tent, and the girl is asked to choose among the three brothers as husband.
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