Motif
speaking bird as messenger to hostile land
speaking_bird_as_messenger_to_hostile_land
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Messengers and Prophets. 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 16009-16141 confidence: high
Flying on eagle wings, Lemminkainen sees a gray-hawk with fiery eyes like Pohyola warriors; the hawk asks whether he is thinking of combat with Northland heroes.
The gray-hawk speaks with Lemminkainen and is instructed to fly to Sariola and deliver a message to Northland warriors.
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