Motif
invulnerability broken by an overlooked exception
invulnerability_broken_by_an_overlooked_exception
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 Poetic Edda VOLUSPO / THE WISE-WOMANS PROPHECY / INTRODUCTORY NOTE / NOTES; lines 1313-1413 confidence: high
Baldr, son of Othin and Frigg, is protected by oaths from all created things except mistletoe; Loki brings the mistletoe to blind Hoth and guides his hand, killing Baldr and grieving the gods.
Frigg obtains oaths from created things except mistletoe, and the exempted mistletoe becomes the instrument of Baldr's death.
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