Motif
Constructed helper with inadequate heart
constructed_helper_with_inadequate_heart
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family. 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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The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda AFTERWORD / EXTRACTS FROM / THE POETICAL DICTION. / THOR AND HRUNGNER.; lines 3668-3752 confidence: high
At Grjottungard the giants make a clay man nine rasts tall and three rasts broad; unable to find a heart large enough, they use a mare's heart, which flutters and trembles when Thor comes.
The giants construct a huge clay man, but cannot find a fitting heart and use a mare's heart that trembles when Thor comes.
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