Motif
Reforged ancestral weapon arms the hero
reforged_ancestral_weapon_arms_the_hero
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Divine and Named Weapons. 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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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 9986-10091 confidence: high
Sigurd agrees if Regin assumes the curse and forges an unbreakable sword; after two failures, fragments of Sigmund's weapon are made into a blade that splits the anvil and cuts floating wool.
Sigurd obtains Sigmund's broken weapon fragments from his mother, and a blade made from them passes extraordinary tests.
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