Motif
artificial giant helper with inadequate heart
artificial_giant_helper_with_inadequate_heart
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction 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 I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 2942-3047 confidence: high
Thor challenges Hrungnir to a holmgang at Griottunagard three days later; the giants prepare by constructing the nine-mile clay Mokerkialfi with a mare's heart as Hrungnir's squire.
The giants build the clay Mokerkialfi as Hrungnir's squire and give him a mare's heart that trembles with fear.
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