Motif
enchanted vessel obeys hero and defeats supernatural attackers
enchanted_vessel_obeys_hero_and_defeats_supernatural_attackers
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container 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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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 11342-11475 confidence: high
Björn holds the rudder; Frithiof climbs the mast, sees a whale carrying the two witches, commands the understanding ship Ellida, and runs down the whale and witches; the storm ends.
Ellida understands Frithiof's command and runs down the whale and the witches, after which the storm ends.
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