Motif
dangerous fire contained in a fish
dangerous_fire_contained_in_a_fish
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family, within the sub-family Hidden, Contained, and Animal-Borne Fire. 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
The gray-pike swallows the lake-trout and Fire-fish, then suffers fear, burning pain, and torment while swimming through many waters to the cave of ocean-swallows and sea-gull sand-hills.
The Fire-fish is swallowed by a gray-pike and causes burning torment inside the devourer.
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