Motif
Banishment of an invading evil from the body
banishment_of_an_invading_evil_from_the_body
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 PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 9139-9326 confidence: high
The speaker questions whether evil has come to his heart and body, calls it a dog of Lempo and monster from Manala, and orders it to leave his immortal body, liver, and vitals.
The speaker repeatedly commands a harmful being to leave his body, liver, and vitals and later banishes it as an evil genius and horrid monster.
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