Motif
contest against old age as an unbeatable opponent
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A motif of the Immortality Without Renewal family, within the sub-family Time and Old Age as Inescapable Adversaries. 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
Utgard-Loki explains the hidden identities of the contests: Logi as wild fire, Hugi as thought, the drinking horn as connected to the ocean, the cat as the Midgard snake, and Elli as old age.
Elli, Thor's wrestling opponent, is identified as old age, whom none can resist.
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