Motif
mysterious one-eyed intervention at turning points
mysterious_one_eyed_intervention_at_turning_points
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Divine Aid in Battle. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
norse
-
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9748-9860 confidence: medium
A one-eyed, ancient-seeming man in grey and blue enters the battle, confronts Sigmund, and Sigmund's sword from Odin breaks into shards; the grey-clad figure disappears and Sigmund is struck down.
A one-eyed grey-and-blue figure appears at Sigmund's fatal battle, and a one-eyed grey-and-blue stranger later appears to advise Sigurd before the horse test.
read in the book →