Motif
Wondrous object forged from extraordinary ingredients
wondrous_object_forged_from_extraordinary_ingredients
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Unusual Materials for Magic Objects. 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 4073-4266 confidence: high
Louhi refuses riches and asks whether Wainamoinen can forge the Sampo with a colored lid from swan feathers, virtuous milk, barley, and lambs’ wool; she also promises her daughter and transport home.
The Sampo is to be forged with a colored lid from swan-feather tips, milk of greatest virtue, a single grain of barley, and fine lambs’ wool.
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