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Motif

Quest over path bristling with sharp points (knives, axes, etc.).

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Attendant circumstances of quests. · Accomplishment of quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1236.1

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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 — 2references

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Within the index

Filed under Perilous path traversed on quest.

Filed beside it
Quest over path guarded by dangerous animalsQuest over path guarded by hagsQuest over path guarded by giant
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 bellyVictim kills swallower from within by burning

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