Motif
material's prior divine and natural states
material_s_prior_divine_and_natural_states
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Unusual Materials for Magic Objects. 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 4842-5023 confidence: high
A gray-beard rises from the hearth, says he knows the source of iron and steel's evils, curses iron and steel, and says iron was once hidden as milk in the breasts of God's three daughters near the clouds and heavens.
Iron is described in earlier states as milk in divine daughters, water on marshes and mountains, rusty dust, and matter trampled by wild animals before smithing.
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