Motif
Blood omen revealing absent hero's danger
blood_omen_revealing_absent_hero_s_danger
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Death and Doom Omens. 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 7655-7840 confidence: high
Kyllikki looks in Lemminkainen's chamber and sees scarlet blood-drops oozing from the golden bristles of his hair-brush.
Blood oozing from Lemminkainen's hair-brush leads Kyllikki and the mother to infer that he is dead, wounded, or ill-fated.
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