Motif
giant helper launches divine vessel
giant_helper_launches_divine_vessel
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family, within the sub-family Constructed and Moving Magical Vessels. 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 XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7698-7821 confidence: medium
The gods cannot launch the laden ship; Hyrrokin is summoned from Jötun-heim and arrives riding a gigantic wolf guided by a bridle of writhing snakes; Odin's Berserkers cannot restrain the wolf without Hyrrokin binding it.
The gods cannot move the ship until the giantess Hyrrokin pushes it into the water.
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