Motif
Avengers protected against all weapons except one material
avengers_protected_against_all_weapons_except_one_material
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness 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 XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 10667-10774 confidence: high
Gudrun calls her sons, gives them armour and weapons against which only stone can prevail, sends them to avenge Swanhild, then dies of grief and is burned on a pyre.
Gudrun equips her sons with armour and weapons against which nothing but stone can prevail; stones later kill them.
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