Motif
Personified lamenting vessel awaiting release
personified_lamenting_vessel_awaiting_release
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family, within the sub-family Speaking and Personified Vessels. 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 20371-20542 confidence: high
They draw near hoping to find a maiden weeping on the sandy shore, but instead find a sad, lonely vessel waiting and wailing.
The vessel speaks, weeps, and asks for a hero to free it from the shore so it can enter the waters.
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