Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

saving tree or shrub

saving_tree_or_shrub

A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family, within the sub-family Tree Refuges, Recovery, and Preservation. 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 I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 3171-3290 confidence: high

    Thor pulled himself up by a little shrub, “the mountain-ash or sorb,” later known as “Thor’s salvation.”

    Thor escapes the river by pulling himself up with a mountain-ash or sorb, later called Thor’s salvation.

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