Motif
maiden adornments removed at marriage transition
maiden_adornments_removed_at_marriage_transition
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Marriage Trials and Wedding Rites. 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 2573-2756 confidence: high
Aino weeps for days; when asked by her mother, she says she mourns the loss of her tresses, jewels, ribbons, childhood beauty, and youth under the wife's linen bonnet.
Aino associates marriage with losing jeweled and ribboned hair adornments and wearing the wife's linen bonnet; she later removes and discards those ornaments.
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