Motif
magical craft production in a single night
magical_craft_production_in_a_single_night
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Crafting Trials and Miraculous Production. 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 23748-23933 confidence: high
A fertile island and fallow soil are found; flax-seed is found in Tuoni's kingdom in an insect's keeping; the seed is sown in ashes where fire had burned a vessel near Alue-lake, and it grows and ripens quickly in one summer night.
Flax is sown, grown, harvested, processed, spun, and woven into a large magic fish-net in a single summer night.
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