Motif
Broken magical equipment during failed pursuit
broken_magical_equipment_during_failed_pursuit
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects 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 7087-7279 confidence: high
The hunter resumes pursuit, breaks his snow-shoe, javelins, and snow-staff, and then, as Kaukomieli, warns Northland hunters not to defy Hisi forests by hunting the moose of Juutas.
During renewed pursuit, the hunter's snow-shoe, javelins, and snow-staff break, and he later calls the snow-shoes magical while warning other hunters.
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