Motif
Artisan forges an oversized magical implement for an impossible retrieval
artisan_forges_an_oversized_magical_implement_for_an_impossible_retrieval
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.
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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 22078-22273 confidence: high
Wainamoinen asks Ilmarinen to forge a rake of iron with copper teeth and a long handle to search the sea bottom, gather weeds and reeds to shore, and recover his fish-bone harp from underwater places.
Ilmarinen forges an iron rake with copper teeth and an immense handle so Wainamoinen can search the broad sea to its bottom for the harp.
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