Motif
Marriage figured as entrapment
marriage_figured_as_entrapment
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 12957-13131 confidence: high
Foxes and ermine are driven into traps by hunger; likewise maidens are wooed and wedded in hunger for a husband, and the daughter is subject to her hero-husband and his mother.
Maidens wooed and wedded through desire for a husband are compared to foxes and ermine driven into traps by hunger.
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