Motif
heroic weapon diminished against oversized sleeper
heroic_weapon_diminished_against_oversized_sleeper
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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The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda CHAPTER XII. / LIFE IN VALHAL. / CHAPTER XIII. / CHAPTER XIV.; lines 2581-2655 confidence: high
Thor cannot loosen the provision-sack, becomes angry, strikes Skrymer's head with Mjolner, and Skrymer wakes asking whether a leaf has fallen on his head.
Thor strikes Skrymer three times with Mjolner, yet Skrymer responds as if each blow were a minor natural object falling on his head.
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