Motif
Creation of a race from primordial body and earth
creation_of_a_race_from_primordial_body_and_earth
A motif of the Primordial Sacrifice and Dismemberment family, within the sub-family Beings and Species from a Primordial Body. 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 CHAPTER V. / THE CREATION--(CONTINUED.) / CHAPTER VI. / THE FIRST WORKS OF THE ASAS. THE GOLDEN AGE.; lines 1460-1542 confidence: high
The gods sit in high-seats and hold counsel; they remember the dwarfs quickening in earth and in Ymer's flesh like maggots, and decide that the dwarfs receive understanding and human likeness while dwelling in earth and rocks; Modsogner and Durin are named.
The dwarfs quicken in earth and Ymer's flesh; the quoted prophecy says the gods create the dwarf race from the bloody sea and Blain's bones and make them in the likeness of men.
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