Motif
protective object enabling monster combat
protective_object_enabling_monster_combat
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Protective Charms and Apotropaic Objects. 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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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XII: FORSETI / CHAPTER XIII: HEIMDALL / CHAPTER XIV: HERMOD / CHAPTER XV: VIDAR; lines 5896-6019 confidence: high
Vidar is depicted as armoured, sword-girt, and shod with a great iron or leather shoe; one explanation says Grid designed the shoe as protection for his last-day fight against fire, like her iron gauntlet shielding Thor against Geirrod.
Vidar's shoe is made or accumulated for protection against fire or Fenris's teeth and is used in the final struggle with the wolf.
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