Motif
invulnerability through oaths with one omitted exception
invulnerability_through_oaths_with_one_omitted_exception
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family, within the sub-family Invulnerability and Restrained Sacred Power. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 5484-5571 confidence: high
Balder dreams of death; the gods consult; Frigg secures oaths from fire, water, metals, earth, trees, sicknesses, poisons, beasts, birds, and creeping things; the gods test Balder and cannot hurt him.
Frigg obtains oaths from many things not to harm Balder, but mistletoe is omitted because it seemed too young to swear.
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