An advent fable — character, place, and motif index

A guide is here given to those parts of the story in which the different characters appear, as well as various places and motifs. Tangential or implicit references are given in parentheses.

There are further elements in the story which recur, but are not listed here.

Characters

• Little bearded fellow/Clock-tenderer: I, (III), IV, VI, IX, (XII), (XIII), XIV, XV, XVII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV
• Young husband and wife: II, VII, (X), XII, XVI, (XVII), XX, XXI, XXIII, XXIV
• Doctor: II, (VII), XII, XX, XXIV
• Treecreeper: III, V, (VI), VII, X, (IX), XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XX, (XXI), XXII, XXIII, XXIV
• Little girl: IV, VI, IX, XII, (XV), XVI, XVII, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV
• Elder: V, VIII, IX, XI, XIII, XIV, XV, XVII, (XVIII), (XIX), XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV
• Mother of little girl: VI, IX, (XV), XVII, XX, (XXI), XXII, XXIV
• Will-o'-the-wisps: VIII, X, (XIV), (XVII), XVIII, XIX, (XX), XXII, XXIII, (XXIV)
• Roe deer fawns: X, XVIII, (XX), (XXI), XXII, (XXIII), (XXIV)

Places

• Forest lake: I, (II), VI, IX, XIV, XX, (XXI), XXII, XXIII, XXIV
• Cottage of the young husband and wife: II, VII, (X), XVI, XX, XXI, XXIII, XXIV
• Set-apart pine tree: III, VIII, XIII, XIV, XV, (XX), (XXI), XXII, XXIII, XXIV
• Hazel grouse hills: V, (VII), (XIII), (XIV), (XXIV)
• Home of the little girl and her mother: (VI), IX, XVII, XX, XXIV
• Cottage of the little bearded fellow/clock-tenderer: VI, (XV), XVII, XXI, XXII, (XXIV)
• Over-hanging rock: XI, (XIV), XIX, XX

Motifs

• Light under the ice: I, VI, IX, (XIV), (XVII), XX, XXII, XXIII, XXIV
• Light in the trunk of the set-apart pine: III, (V), (VII), XIII, XIV, (XVII), (XVIII), (XXII), XXIV
• Sheaf of wheat stalks on a wooden pole: VII, XII, XXIII, XXIV
• Storm: VIII, (XIV), (XVII)
• Juniper sprig: IX, XXIII, XXIV
• Puffballs and their light: XI, XIV, (XVII), XIX, XX, (XXI), XXII, XXIII, XXIV
• Birdsong: XIII, XIV, XXII
• Snow: XXI, XXII

Last updated: 10:22 (GMT+2), 31st December 2022