Motif
Broken vow or marital transgression leading to crisis
broken_vow_or_marital_transgression_leading_to_crisis
A motif of the Covenant and Sacred Bond 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 6169-6366 confidence: high
The new section is headed Kyllikki's broken vow; Lemminkainen is called artful husband and reckless hero, lives beside his wife in contentment, and Ahti thinks not of battles nor Kyllikki of dances.
The section heading names Kyllikki's broken vow; the narration says Ahti did not think of battles and Kyllikki did not think of dances, but Kyllikki later goes to village dances and is reported to Lemminkainen.
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