Comparative mythology corpus

Heroic Contests Between Opposed Peoples

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Finnish/Karelian 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 865-958 high The passage says the Kalevala relates contests between Finns and darksome Laplanders as the Iliad relates contests between Greeks and Trojans; Castrén thinks Finn-Lapp enmity was sung before the Finns left their Asiatic birthplace. record