Motif
Boar-marked protective war gear
boar_marked_protective_war_gear
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem SCYLD'S SUCCESSORS.--HROTHGAR'S GREAT MEAD-HALL. / GRENDEL THE MURDERER. / BEOWULF GOES TO HROTHGAR'S ASSISTANCE. / THE GEATS REACH HEOROT.; lines 1443-1564 confidence: high
The vessel lies "firmly at anchor"; "the boar-signs glistened" on gilded visors, and "the boar acted warden."
The passage describes boar-signs on the warriors' visors as gleaming and acting as a warden.
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