Motif
refusal and reversal of mourning among kin
refusal_and_reversal_of_mourning_among_kin
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Mourning Ritual and Funerary Practice. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
finnish karelian
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Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 19288-19476 confidence: high
Kullervo says farewell to his father and asks if he will weep; the father refuses to mourn and says he will beget a better hero; Kullervo says he can make a second father from loam, sandstone, berries, sea-grass, willow roots, and birch fungus.
Father, brother, and sister refuse to mourn Kullervo, while Kullervo says he likewise will not mourn them; only the mother promises grief.
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