Motif
animal feature caused by injury during escape
animal_feature_caused_by_injury_during_escape
A motif of the Cosmic Origin and Creation 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 CHURCH AT REVEL. / THE CHURCH AT FELLIN. / THE RICH BROTHER AND THE POOR ONE. / THE ORIGIN OF THE SWALLOW.; lines 14605-14616 confidence: high
Ukko pities the wife and changes her into a swallow; as she escapes, the man strikes with a knife and cleaves her tail.
The man strikes at the escaping swallow with a knife and cleaves her tail, giving an etiological account of the swallow's tail.
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