Motif
self-acting blood-demanding sword
self_acting_blood_demanding_sword
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Cursed and Fatal 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 XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS; lines 8943-9039 confidence: high
The dwarfs manufactured Tyrfing, which cut iron and stone, fought of its own accord, and could not be sheathed after being drawn until it had tasted blood; it is compared to Frey's sword.
Tyrfing fights of its own accord and cannot be sheathed until it has tasted blood.
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