Motif
treasure quest threatens death or soul-loss
treasure_quest_threatens_death_or_soul_loss
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family, within the sub-family Death-Linked Soul Taking and Fatal Loss. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
estonian
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The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country THE TREASURE-BRINGER. / THE WOODEN MAN AND THE BIRCH-BARK MAID. / MARTIN AND HIS DEAD MASTER. / THE COURAGEOUS BARN-KEEPER.; lines 13007-13054 confidence: high
The barn-keeper proposes trying for the treasure; the men make the sign of the cross, say life is worth more than treasure, and warn against losing the soul or pledging to the Evil One.
The men say life is worth more than all the treasure, warn that no one can reach it without losing his soul, and urge the barn-keeper not to pledge himself to the Evil One.
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