Motif
resistant maiden rejects multiple suitors
resistant_maiden_rejects_multiple_suitors
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Bride Contest and Suitor Trials. 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 PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 5797-5990 confidence: high
The Day-star, Moon, and Night-star woo the maiden for sons; she refuses Sun-land, Moon-land, and Star-land.
The Sahri maiden rejects celestial wooing agents, foreign lovers, wealth, praise, and later favors neither gods nor heroes.
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