Motif
Golden age of divine abundance later lost
golden_age_of_divine_abundance_later_lost
A motif of the World Ages and Cosmic Decline 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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The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda CHAPTER V. / THE CREATION--(CONTINUED.) / CHAPTER VI. / THE FIRST WORKS OF THE ASAS. THE GOLDEN AGE.; lines 1460-1542 confidence: high
The gods build Vingolf for the goddesses, build a forge, make tools, work in iron, stone, wood, and gold, and have gold household wares; the time is called the golden age until lost by the coming of women from Jotunheim.
The household wares are all gold, the time is explicitly called the golden age, and the age is said to be lost by the coming of women from Jotunheim.
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