Motif
ineffective hero's weapon against giant sleeper
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Supernatural Combat. 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 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; Skrymir only comments sleepily that a leaf, bark, or twig may have fallen on him.
Thor's three hammer blows do not harm Skrymir; the giant compares them to small fallen debris.
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