Comparative mythology corpus

Wished For Infant Killing To Avert Later Evil

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Finnish/Karelian Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 19126-19285 high Kullervo weeps, says he has slain his virgin-sister and shamed his mother's daughter, curses his birth, and says death or sickness should have killed him in the cradle after seven days. record