Motif
Marriage as entry into a stranger household
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A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Jealousy and Rivalry. 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 PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 12037-12217 confidence: high
The bride now leaves home and kindred for other firesides, another mother, other siblings, a second father, and stranger servants; the new household's horns, portals, hinges, doors, fires, and ovens will differ.
The bride is told she will go to another mother, other siblings, a second father, and stranger servants, where doors, hinges, fires, and ovens differ from home.
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