Motif
making substitute relatives from natural materials
making_substitute_relatives_from_natural_materials
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Artificial Beings and Substitute Kin. 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 19288-19476 confidence: medium
Kullervo says farewell to his father and asks if he will weep; the father refuses to mourn and says he will beget a better hero; Kullervo says he can make a second father from loam, sandstone, berries, sea-grass, willow roots, and birch fungus.
Kullervo repeatedly says he can make second kin from earth, plants, sea objects, celestial light, rainbow, gold, and silver.
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