Motif
constructed clay helper with inadequate heart
constructed_clay_helper_with_inadequate_heart
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Artificial Beings and Substitute Kin. 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 I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 2942-3047 confidence: high
Hrungnir's fellow giants chide him, consult together, and construct Mokerkialfi, a clay creature nine miles long with a mare's heart, to serve as his squire.
The giants construct Mokerkialfi from clay as Hrungnir's squire and use a mare's heart because no human heart is large enough.
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