Motif
Four directional supports of the sky
four_directional_supports_of_the_sky
A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family. 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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The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda CHAPTER III. / OF THE HIGHEST GOD. / CHAPTER IV. / THE CREATION OF THE WORLD.; lines 1282-1339 confidence: high
Jafnhar says the free blood from Ymer's wounds became the ocean laid as a ring around the earth; Thride says Ymer's skull became the four-sided sky, with dwarfs named Austre, Vestre, Nordre, and Sudre under the corners.
The sky is raised over the earth with four sides, and a dwarf named for each direction is set under each corner.
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