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      "body": "[quote]\"clawstripe\":/users/14014 said:\nIt seems this is a common motif in Russian folk tales.  A knight would find himself at a fork in the road where he'd see a standing stone with an inscription on it that reads, \"If you ride to the left, you will lose your horse; if you ride to the right, you will lose your head,\" or words to that effect.  The implication is that he had a choice between two undesirable outcomes and had to choose between the two in order to continue his adventures.\n[/quote]\n\nVery interesting because this is different from the knights from what become england or spain that is tales of glory and the knights always gaining something in the tales",
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