Motif
divine or saintly archer associated with light
divine_or_saintly_archer_associated_with_light
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family War Deity and War Goddess. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
norse
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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XIII: HEIMDALL / CHAPTER XIV: HERMOD / CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI; lines 6151-6159 confidence: medium
Vali is called the god of eternal light, Vidar is linked with imperishable matter, and Vali is represented and worshipped as an archer because beams of light were often called arrows.
Vali is represented as an archer because beams of light are called arrows; St. Valentine is also described as a skilful archer in the same passage.
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