Motif
magical craft from fragments
magical_craft_from_fragments
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Unusual Materials for Magic Objects. 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 PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 4268-4457 confidence: high
The maiden says she will go only with the one who makes a ship or shallop from spindle and distaff fragments and launches it without using knee, arm, hand, foot, or any propelling means; Wainamoinen says no one can do this like him.
The required task is to make a ship or shallop from the splinters of a spindle and fragments of a distaff and launch it without bodily propulsion.
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