Motif
Helpful sea maidens guiding favored ships
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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 XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS / CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL; lines 6955-7082 confidence: high
The Waves are usually said to go in triplets and to aid favored viking ships by clearing obstacles from their course.
The Waves are said to play around favored viking ships, smoothing obstacles and helping them reach their goals.
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