Motif
useful simple tool replaces destructive or inefficient technique
useful_simple_tool_replaces_destructive_or_inefficient_technique
A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family, within the sub-family Technologies and Transport. 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 SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 10729-10792 confidence: high
On an island without scythes, people shoot ripe corn down with cannon. The second brother mows it quietly and quickly with his scythe and is paid with a horse-load of gold.
The islanders shoot corn with cannon, losing grain and making noise, until the second brother mows it quietly and quickly with a scythe.
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