Motif
heroic contests between opposed peoples
heroic_contests_between_opposed_peoples
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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 DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 865-958 confidence: high
The passage says the Kalevala relates contests between Finns and darksome Laplanders as the Iliad relates contests between Greeks and Trojans; Castrén thinks Finn-Lapp enmity was sung before the Finns left their Asiatic birthplace.
The passage says the Kalevala relates contests between Finns and Laplanders and compares them to contests between Greeks and Trojans in the Iliad.
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