Motif
Awakening an enchanted armored woman
awakening_an_enchanted_armored_woman
A motif of the Death, Rebirth, and Transformation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
norse
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The Poetic Edda NOTES / SIGRDRIFUMOL / THE BALLAD OF THE VICTORY-BRINGER / INTRODUCTORY NOTE; lines 15271-15439 confidence: high
Inside the shield-tower, Sigurth sees a sleeping armed figure, removes the helm, discovers a woman, cuts off the fast mail-coat, and she awakens.
A sleeping armored woman is found in a shield-tower; Sigurth removes helm and mail-coat, after which she awakens and asks who freed her from sleep.
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