Motif
severed head displayed among heads of prior victims
severed_head_displayed_among_heads_of_prior_victims
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Aftermath and Spoils. 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 15818-16007 confidence: high
In the yard are hundreds of sharpened pillars, each with a head, except one; Lemminkainen places the landlord's head on the empty picket.
The yard has many pickets with heads and one empty picket, on which Lemminkainen spikes the landlord's head.
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