Motif
Communal rapid textile production of a magic net
communal_rapid_textile_production_of_a_magic_net
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction 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 JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23748-23933 confidence: high
Maidens spin, sisters wind and reel, brothers weave, fathers twist cordage, and mothers knit meshes; the magic net is completed in one summer night, measuring one hundred fathoms in length and three hundred around the rim, with rounded stones and seven float-boards.
Maidens, sisters, brothers, fathers, and mothers quickly spin, wind, weave, twist, and knit the flax into a completed magic net in a single summer night.
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