Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Awakening for the last battle

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A motif of the World Ages and Cosmic Decline family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


norse

  • The Poetic Edda HELGAKVITHA HUNDINGSBANA II / THE SECOND LAY OF HELGI HUNDINGSBANE / INTRODUCTORY NOTE / NOTES; lines 12986-13061 confidence: high

    The note glosses wind-helm as the sky, the bridge as Bifrost the rainbow, and Salgofnir as Gollinkambi, the cock who awakens gods and warriors for the last battle.

    Salgofnir/Gollinkambi is identified as the cock who awakens gods and warriors for the last battle.

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