Motif
speaking trees disclose their fitness for sacred or magic craft
speaking_trees_disclose_their_fitness_for_sacred_or_magic_craft
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Personified Craft Materials and Tools. 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 8385-8568 confidence: high
Sampsa travels through fields, forests, and mountains with a golden axe and copper hatchet, meets a seven-fathom aspen, and asks for its lumber for Wainamoinen’s boat.
Aspen, pine, and oak each speak to Sampsa about whether their bodies can provide timber for Wainamoinen’s vessel.
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