Motif
transformation of cattle into predators
transformation_of_cattle_into_predators
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Transformations into Animal Forms. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
finnish karelian
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Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 680-769 confidence: high
Finnish giants are described as cunning and ferocious; Soini/Kullervo tears swaddling clothes at three days old, kills a nursed child, burns a cradle, builds an earth-to-heaven fence of pine trees and serpents, and changes cattle into wolves and bears to destroy his mistress.
Soini changes cattle into wolves and bears and drives them home to destroy his mistress.
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