Motif
diseases personified as born and imprisoned spirits
diseases_personified_as_born_and_imprisoned_spirits
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Healing and Provision. 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 DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 597-678 confidence: high
Lowyatar, the second daughter of Tuoni, is black and blind and, through East-wind impregnation, gives birth to spirits of nine diseases: Colic, Pleurisy, Fever, Ulcer, Plague, Consumption, Gout, Sterility, and Cancer.
Lowyatar gives birth to nine disease spirits, and the third daughter of Tuoni confines and grinds disease spirits beneath Kipu-Kivi before their escape.
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