Motif
kin feud escalating to attempted extermination
kin_feud_escalating_to_attempted_extermination
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Feud. 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 17416-17614 confidence: high
Untamoinen sets nets in Kalervo's waters; Kullerwoinen takes the fish, Untamo grows angry, and a battle follows with no victor.
A quarrel over nets, fish, barley, sheep, and a dog escalates to Untamoinen's threat and attack on Kalervo's people.
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