Motif
Sacred courtyard tree tended by the household woman
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A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family, within the sub-family Sacred Trees, Groves, and Tree Cult Places. 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 12766-12955 confidence: medium
The addressee is told to hear the teaching, dress plainly in white linen and tidy fur-shoes for her husband’s honor, and tend the sacred sorb-tree and mountain-ashes in the courtyard.
The addressee is commanded to tend the sacred sorb-tree and guard mountain-ashes in the courtyard, with attention to their leaves, flowers, and berries.
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