Motif
living earth as nourisher and receiver of the dead
living_earth_as_nourisher_and_receiver_of_the_dead
A motif of the Sacred Feminine and Mother Goddess family. 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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The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda INDEX 291 / THE YOUNGER EDDA. / INTRODUCTION. / FOREWORD.; lines 705-761 confidence: medium
Humans judge earth to be alive in some way, ancient, and mighty; it nourishes all living things and takes all the dead, so they name it and trace ancestry back to it.
The passage says humans judged earth to be alive, ancient, and mighty, nourishing all that lives and taking all that dies.
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