Motif
artificial animal made from natural materials
artificial_animal_made_from_natural_materials
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction 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 6913-7085 confidence: high
Hisi and Juutas hear Lemminkainen and fashion a fair, fleet magic reindeer from wood, plants, bark, grasses, and flowers.
The reindeer’s body is assembled from wood, willow, rushes, reeds, grasses, flowers, bark, and sappy wood.
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