Motif
Ineffective ordinary rowing overcome by a magical helper
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Divine Possession and Inspiration. 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 20371-20542 confidence: high
Wainamoinen sets young men, maidens, and then old men to rowing in turn; each group bends or tries the aspen oars, but the distance is not lessened.
Multiple groups row without lessening the distance, after which Ilmarinen uses master-magic at the oars and the vessel speeds forward.
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