Motif
guardian spirit attending a person through life
guardian_spirit_attending_a_person_through_life
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. 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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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XIV: HERMOD / CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS; lines 6291-6393 confidence: high
Each human being is said to have a Fylgie, a guardian spirit that attends through life in human or brute shape and is normally invisible except at death or to the initiated.
The Fylgie is described as a guardian spirit attached to each human being and visible only under limited conditions.
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