Motif
Bleeding tree that resists felling
bleeding_tree_that_resists_felling
A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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estonian
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The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country SLYBOOTS. / THE GOLD-SPINNERS. / SECTION II / THE WOOD OF TONTLA.; lines 6226-6315 confidence: high
Repeated traditions say the Swedish king ordered the wood felled; when one rash man struck a tree, blood flowed and a cry like a man in pain was heard, and afterward woodcutters refused to touch it.
When a man strikes a tree in the Wood of Tontla, blood flows and a cry like a man in pain is heard, causing woodcutters to avoid the wood.
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