Motif
Broken heirloom provokes revenge
broken_heirloom_provokes_revenge
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Recognition Tokens and Identity Signs. 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 JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 18361-18545 confidence: high
When Kullerwoinen cuts the loaf, his knife breaks on a stone embedded in the center; he weeps over the knife as sacred and as a relic of his mother's people, and asks how to avenge the deception.
Kullerwoinen mourns the knife as a relic of his mother's people and immediately asks how to repay the insult and deception.
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