Motif
body as landscape shaper
body_as_landscape_shaper
A motif of the Primordial Sacrifice and Dismemberment family, within the sub-family Bodies Altering Landscapes and Producing Vegetation. 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 Rune I, Birth of Wainamoinen confidence: high
Ilmatar's movements make hillocks, fish-holes, ocean deeps, banks, bays, reefs, islands, sky-pillars, fields, and forests, while Wainamoinen remains undelivered.
Ilmatar's hand, foot, diving, turning, head, and back generate specific features of the seascape and land.
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