Motif
Threshold transition into marriage
threshold_transition_into_marriage
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Marriage Trials and Wedding Rites. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
finnish karelian
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Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 12037-12217 confidence: high
After the mother speaks, the departing daughter recalls verses saying one becomes a virgin only with a suitor, with one foot on the father's threshold and the other for the snow-sledge carrying her and her husband to his native lands.
The daughter speaks of one foot on the father's threshold and the other toward the snow-sledge that will carry her and her husband away.
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