Motif
World fashioned from body of slain primordial giant
world_fashioned_from_body_of_slain_primordial_giant
A motif of the Primordial Sacrifice and Dismemberment family, within the sub-family World Made from a Primordial Body. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
norse
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The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga); with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda WITH EXCERPTS FROM THE POETIC EDDA / SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: / RECOMMENDED READING-- / INTRODUCTION; lines 324-408 confidence: high
Turi begets Bor; Bor and Besla have Odin, Vili, and Ve; Bor’s sons slay Ymir, whose blood drowns the Hrimthursar except Hvergelmir and his household escaping in a boat.
Bor’s sons slay Ymir and make the earth from his body: seas and waters from blood, earth from flesh, rocks from bones, and stones from teeth and jaws.
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