Motif
failed execution by elements and tree-hanging
failed_execution_by_elements_and_tree_hanging
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family, within the sub-family Resistance to weapons, elemental ordeals, and hanging. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
finnish karelian
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Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 17616-17811 confidence: high
Untamo's heralds inspect the pyre and find young Kullervo sitting on embers, raking coals with a copper rod; his hair and ringlets are not burned.
Attempts to destroy Kullervo through fire and hanging fail, and the text also names water as a medium by which he will not die.
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