Motif
Lost magical age and decrepit present world
lost_magical_age_and_decrepit_present_world
A motif of the World Ages and Cosmic Decline family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Aino Folk-Tales I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES. / V.--SCRAPS OF FOLK-LORE.; lines 2201-2329 confidence: high
Ancient rivers enabled easy travel; people could fly and perch on trees; the world is now decrepit; fire-drills were used; crops grew by mid-day, and eating that grain turned people into horses.
The Good Old Times contrasts an ancient age of magical travel, flight, and rapid growth with the present world in which good things are gone.
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