Motif
domestic fire kindling as household duty
domestic_fire_kindling_as_household_duty
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family, within the sub-family Kindling, Rekindling, and New-Fire Making. 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 12583-12764 confidence: high
At waking time the bride is told to seek fire in the ashes, put a spark on tinder, blow fire through the fuel, and, if there is no spark, wake her husband and ask him to strike fire from flintstone onto her tinder.
The bride is instructed to find or request a spark, kindle fire, heat ovens, and use torch-light to begin household labor.
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