Motif
Autonomous magical weapon
autonomous_magical_weapon
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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1 traditions
norse
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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN / CHAPTER IX: FREY; lines 4487-4607 confidence: high
Frey receives a marvellous sword, emblem of sunbeams, which fights by itself once drawn; he wields it against frost giants and is sometimes confounded with Tyr or Saxnot because of it.
Frey's sword fights successfully of its own accord after being drawn from its sheath.
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