Motif
Blood-stanching incantation
blood_stanching_incantation
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
finnish karelian
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Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 4842-5023 confidence: high
The speaker addresses the crimson streamlet and blood from Wainamoinen's wounds and veins, commanding it to cease flowing and stand still by magic like pillars, columns, trees, reeds, and rocks.
The speaker directly addresses the blood, commands it to stop and stand by magic, and orders it to return to Wainamoinen's body rather than flow outward.
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