Motif
impossible task nearly completed by supernatural helper
impossible_task_nearly_completed_by_supernatural_helper
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.
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norse
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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI; lines 8173-8286 confidence: high
An unknown architect offers to build the fortress for sun, moon, and Freya; Loki urges a bargain requiring completion in one winter with only the horse Svadilfare as help.
The architect accepts a winter deadline with only Svadilfare's help, and the horse performs much of the labor so the work is almost finished in time.
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