Motif
mountain store-house of preserved youthful treasures
mountain_store_house_of_preserved_youthful_treasures
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Hidden Treasures and Their Recovery. 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 2758-2930 confidence: high
The mother sends Aino to a hill-top store-house on the mountain, where boxes contain six golden girdles and seven rainbow-tinted dresses woven by Moon’s daughters and fashioned by Sun’s virgins.
Aino is told to go to a mountain store-house and open boxes containing garments and ornaments that have lain there since her mother’s childhood.
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