Knives seem to be important because they are mentioned often. The Mother is very concerned when the Bridegroom asks for his knife. She believes he will be harmed if he has one and he believes he will be harmed is he does not have one to protect himself. Knowing that the Spanish Civil War is connected to this book, this is one of the connections if not the only one. It has the element of two people with opposing views believing they have the correct one. The Mother also says the reason for her husband and older son's death is because of a conflict between clans of the same town.
The horse does not want to drink this black water as if it does not want to take in the darkness. the horse is described as having, "wounded hooves" which suggests that it had a long travel and should drink for its survival but it can not. There seems to be an internal struggle.
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