Motif
slighted woman’s curse and revenge
slighted_woman_s_curse_and_revenge
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family, within the sub-family Retributive and Dying Curses. 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 16516-16685 confidence: high
He spends three summers in refuge on the island among the maidens; one poor and graceless spinster in the remotest small hamlet is left neglected.
The neglected spinster curses Lemminkainen’s vessel and later burns it before he departs.
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