Motif
communal feast song prompted by sacred or wondrous drink
communal_feast_song_prompted_by_sacred_or_wondrous_drink
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family. 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 PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 11875-12035 confidence: high
The guests drink the wondrous beer of barley; the beer speaks merrily through the tongues of magicians, heroes, and Wainamoinen, the famed sweet singer.
The beer is personified after the guests drink it, and the gathering is urged not to remain silent but to sing the beer's virtues until halls and furnishings resound.
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