Motif
unique ancestral weapon wielded only by the hero
unique_ancestral_weapon_wielded_only_by_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.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN. / BOOK XIX. / ARGUMENT. / THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.; lines 18608-18748 confidence: high
Achilles shakes his huge paternal spear, made from an ash on Pelion cut and shaped by Chiron; the passage says only Achilles can wield it.
The spear is described as a paternal weapon from Pelion ash, shaped by Chiron, and too great for any other Greek to wield.
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The Iliad THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN. / BOOK XIX. / ARGUMENT. / THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.; lines 18608-18748 confidence: high
Achilles shakes a huge paternal spear: Chiron felled an entire ash from Pelion's cloudy top and shaped it for Achilles' sire; only Achilles can wield it.
The spear is traced to Chiron and Pelion, shaped for Achilles' sire, and described as impossible for other Greeks to lift.
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