Compulsion to invite singer to feast. Until that is done, the beer will not stop foaming. (Cf. C671.)
Tabu. · Unique prohibitions and compulsions. · The one compulsory thing. · Other compulsions. · view the constellation · filed as C682
“When the hostess of Pohyola Heard how beer was first fermented, Heard the origin of brewing, Straightway did she fill with water Many oaken tubs and barrels; Filled but half the largest vessels, Mixed the barley with the water, Added also hops abundant; Well she mixed the triple forces In her tubs of oak and birch-wood, Heated stones for months succeeding, Thus to boil the magic mixture, Steeped it through the days of summer, Burned…”
— The Kalevala, Rune XX · served from our shelf
- FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune XXThompson cites: Kalevala rune 20.