Motif
apotropaic diversion of predator hunger
apotropaic_diversion_of_predator_hunger
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Apotropaic Protection and Sympathetic Magic. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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finnish karelian
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Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 18186-18359 confidence: high
Otso is told to cast malice and hunger onto mountains and trees and to eat forest foods, roots, ant-hills, and Metsola’s honey rather than the herd’s grass.
Otso’s hunger and malice are redirected away from cattle toward mountains, trees, forest foods, and honey.
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