Motif
Blood forming a river
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A motif of the Primordial Sacrifice and Dismemberment family, within the sub-family Rivers and Cosmic Waters from Body Division. 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 II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR; lines 3614-3719 confidence: high
The gods fasten Gelgia through rock Gioll to boulder Thviti, put a sword in Fenris’s mouth to silence his howls, and his blood forms the river Von; he remains chained until the last day when he will break free.
Fenris’s blood pours out in streams after the sword is set in his mouth and forms the river Von.
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