Motif
personified vessels longing for war
personified_vessels_longing_for_war
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 16866-17047 confidence: high
At dawn Lemminkainen goes to the harbor and hears the vessels and rigging weep and complain that they may dry and decay because Ahti wars no more.
The ships weep, wail, speak of decay in harbor, and are reassured that they will soon go to the seas of battle.
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