Motif
ancestral weapon reclaimed from a grave by magic
ancestral_weapon_reclaimed_from_a_grave_by_magic
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects 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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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS; lines 8943-9039 confidence: high
Dwarfs make Tyrfing, which cuts iron and stone, fights by itself, and demands blood before sheathing; Angantyr is buried with it, and Hervor raises him from the grave at midnight by spells to obtain it.
Hervor goes to Angantyr's tomb at midnight, recites spells, and forces the dead Angantyr to rise and hand over Tyrfing.
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