Motif
banishment of a harmful spirit to remote or contrary realms
banishment_of_a_harmful_spirit_to_remote_or_contrary_realms
A motif of the Sacrifice and Offering 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 17049-17228 confidence: high
Lemminkainen warns Frost not to benumb him, says he will kindle fire in stockings, shoes, garments, and rigging, and threatens to banish Frost to Northland, where Frost may freeze caldrons, hearth-coal, women at dough, an infant, and a colt.
Lemminkainen threatens to banish Frost to Northland borders, Hisi's carbon-piles, Lempo's hearth and furnace, an anvil under the blacksmith's sledges, or summer and warmer climates.
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