What is most beloved? Life.
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Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Depth Commentary The Interpretation of Dreams , Chapter V
- Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 1, Section IX
- Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 1, Canto 9
- Norse The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga) , THE LAY CALLED THE SHORT LAY OF SIGURD
- Literary Crystallization Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None , Chapter 32 XXXII. THE DANCE-SONG.
Cited in the index
- general De Vries FFC LXXIII 94.
Carried in tale types
- The Clever Farmgirl [J1111 · ATU 875 702 recorded variants
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