Motif
Deceptive food with a hidden harmful object
deceptive_food_with_a_hidden_harmful_object
A motif of the Betrayal and Violated Trust family, within the sub-family Deceptive Food and Drink. 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 17813-17992 confidence: high
The over-scornful hostess bakes a thick oat-and-barley loaf with a flint-stone in its center, surrounds it with butter, gives it to Kullervo, and instructs him not to eat it until the herd is in the woodlands.
Ilmarinen's wife gives the herdsman a loaf with a flint-stone baked in its center and instructs him to delay eating it until the herd reaches the woodlands.
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