Motif
enduring radiant hall for good people after cosmic dissolution
enduring_radiant_hall_for_good_people_after_cosmic_dissolution
A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal family, within the sub-family Radiant Halls, Mountain Halls, and the Peaceful World to Come. 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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The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda CHAPTER VI. / THE FIRST WORKS OF THE ASAS. THE GOLDEN AGE. / CHAPTER VII. / ON THE WONDERFUL THINGS IN HEAVEN.; lines 1682-1719 confidence: high
Gimle is a palace at the southern end of the world, brighter than the sun, standing after heaven and earth pass away; the good and righteous dwell there through all ages, and a cited stanza names Gimle as the hall where good people dwell forever.
Gimle is said to stand after heaven and earth have passed away, and the good and righteous are said to dwell there through all ages.
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