Motif
Failed artificial replacement of the Sun and Moon
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A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Artificial Beings and Substitute Kin. 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 24128-24317 confidence: high
People debate how to live without moonlight and sunshine; a maid runs to Ilmarinen's furnace and asks him to forge a gold Moon and silver Sun.
Ilmarinen forges a gold Moon and silver Sun, but Wainamoinen says metal cannot produce true light, and the forged lights fail to shine.
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