Motif
hero's blows fail against a giant
hero_s_blows_fail_against_a_giant
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness 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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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 2852-2939 confidence: high
Thor strikes sleeping Skrymir three times with his hammer, but the giant reacts only with sleepy remarks that a leaf, bark, or twig has fallen on his face.
Thor strikes Skrymir three times with his hammer, but the giant treats the blows as if leaves, bark, or a twig had fallen on him.
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