Motif
abundant hospitality in a great household
abundant_hospitality_in_a_great_household
A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
finnish karelian
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Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 14413-14558 confidence: high
The speaker asks to sing old tradition, says singers sing their wisdom, mentions divine and Lapland singing/weaving examples, and describes singing about Wainola/Kalevala bread, beer, hearth-stones, painted rafters, ancient halls, fish-waters, nets, food, and brewing.
The hall has beer, food, fish-waters, and gathered sons and daughters; the landlord fills the house with diverse people and the hostess feeds guests.
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