Motif
Banishment of afflictions to inaccessible or chthonic containment places
banishment_of_afflictions_to_inaccessible_or_chthonic_containment_places
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 22655-22841 confidence: high
Wainamoinen asks the heavenly God for a fire-sword and lightning blade to subdue the monsters and send pains to Tuoni, east-winds, wicked islands, demon caverns, mountain rocks, and iron beds.
Wainamoinen directs the diseases and pains to Tuoni, east-winds, islands, demon caverns, rocks, iron beds, ocean depths, mountain caves, Pain-rock, a holed touch-stone, and boiling caldrons.
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