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Victim kills swallower from within by burning.

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Extraordinary swallowings. · view the constellation · filed as F912.1

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““Thence arose the violation, Thence arose the first destruction, Thence came all the evil-doings: From the neighborhood of wizards, From the homes of the magicians, From the caves of vicious spirits, From the haunts of fortune-tellers, From the cabins of the witches, From the castles of Tuoni, From the bottom of Manala, From the ground with envy swollen, From Ingratitude’s dominions, From the rocky shoals and quicksands, From the…”

The Kalevala, Rune XVII · served from our shelf

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  • FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune XVIIThompson cites: Kalevala rune 17
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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  • FinnishKalevala rune 17 → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune XVII
  • Africa (Zulu)Callaway 332ff.
  • general *Wesselski Märchen 213 No. 18
  • general Hartland Perseus III 15
  • general Oceanic (Cook Group, Melanesia, Indonesia): Dixon 69
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Victim kills swallower from within by cuttingSwallowed person eats on swallower's liver (heart) until disgorged. (Cf. F914, F915.1.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Giant lies underground with trees growing all over his body. When his mouth is opened man falls into it and is swallowedGiant swallows manMan builds boat and sails about in giant's bellyQuest over path bristling with sharp points (knives, axes, etc.)

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