Motif
Appeal to mother for rescue from death
appeal_to_mother_for_rescue_from_death
A motif of the Death, Rebirth, and Transformation 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 PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 7467-7653 confidence: medium
Lemminkainen calls on his ancient and faithful mother to find where he lies and deliver him from Tuoni’s death-jaws and the sacred stream and whirlpool.
Lemminkainen calls on his ancient and faithful mother to find where he lies and deliver him from Tuoni and the sacred stream.
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