Motif
Daylight turns underground beings to stone
daylight_turns_underground_beings_to_stone
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Stone Transformation and Petrification. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
norse
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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS; lines 8803-8940 confidence: high
Dwarfs or Svart-alfar are said to have been bred in Ymir's flesh, shaped by the gods, made small and dark in appearance, ordered underground, vulnerable to daylight petrification, and endowed with knowledge extending to the future.
Dwarfs are commanded not to appear by day because the sun may petrify them.
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