Motif
celestial bodies swallowed by beasts
celestial_bodies_swallowed_by_beasts
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
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norse
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The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda CHAPTER XV. / THE DEATH OF BALDER. / CHAPTER XVI. / RAGNAROK.; lines 3060-3193 confidence: high
A wolf, footnoted as the Fenris-wolf, devours the sun; another wolf devours the moon; stars are hurled from heaven; earth and mountains shake; trees are uprooted; mountains topple; bonds and fetters break; the Fenris-wolf gets loose.
One wolf devours the sun, another devours the moon, and stars are hurled from heaven.
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