The constellation
M231 Free keep in inn exchanged for good story
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
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The same sky, in words
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- Other bargains · M220 entry
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- Beheading bargain. Giant allows hero to cut off his head; he will cut off hero's later · M221 entry
- Man umpires dispute in exchange for guarantee of safety. Disputants, bear and tiger, agree not to eat him · M222 entry
- Blind promise (rash boon). Person grants wish before hearing it · M223 entry
- Eyes exchanged for food. A starving man lets himself be blinded in return for food · M225 entry
- In return for magic shirt from girl hero is to stay in Ireland for three years. In return he claims her as wife · M226 entry
- Prince to give up life in exchange for learning a secret · M232 entry
- Three deformed witches invited to wedding in exchange for help · M233 entry
- Life spared in return for life-long service · M234 entry
- Bargain: woman rides naked through streets to obtain freedom for citizens. Godiva · M235 entry
- Peace bought for husband · M236 entry