Motif
all-seeing divine high-seat
all_seeing_divine_high_seat
A motif of the Royal Legitimacy and Sacred Kingship family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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norse
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The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda CHAPTER VI. / THE FIRST WORKS OF THE ASAS. THE GOLDEN AGE. / CHAPTER VII. / ON THE WONDERFUL THINGS IN HEAVEN.; lines 1682-1719 confidence: high
Valaskjalf belongs to Odin and was made by the gods; within it is Hlidskjalf, the high-seat from which Alfather sees over all the world.
When Alfather sits on Hlidskjalf, he sees over all the world.
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