Motif
avenger of the swallowed god
avenger_of_the_swallowed_god
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Wounded, Fallen, and Avenged. 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 XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS; lines 12098-12221 confidence: medium
The combatants fight hand to hand: Odin with Fenris, Thor with the Midgard snake, Tyr with Garm, Frey with Surtr, and Heimdall with Loki; Fenris grows enormously and swallows Odin.
After Odin is swallowed by Fenris, the quoted verse says Vithar will avenge him by cleaving the wolf's jaws.
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