Motif
failed trial ingredients before successful brewing
failed_trial_ingredients_before_successful_brewing
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Banquets, Wedding Feasts, and Brewing. 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 11136-11308 confidence: medium
The squirrel travels through many trees, crosses the eagle-woods safely, finds pines and firs, gathers cones and pine shoots, returns them to Kapo, and the beer remains cold and lifeless after they are added.
Cones and seedlings fail to ferment the beer, and bear foam also fails; a third attempt with honey is initiated.
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