Motif
Accursed war message consigned to water and destroyed
accursed_war_message_consigned_to_water_and_destroyed
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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estonian
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The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country THE RICH BROTHER AND THE POOR ONE. / THE ORIGIN OF THE SWALLOW. / THE SPIDER AND THE HORNET. / THE OFFICIOUS FLIES.; lines 14637-14810 confidence: high
The envoy resolves not to carry battle to peaceful homesteads, sinks the accursed mandate in the ocean, and the waves destroy it so the sound and news of warfare are lost.
The envoy sinks the mandate under the ocean waves, where it is torn to foam and reduced to mud, ending the news of battle.
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