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Motif

Fight of the gods and giants.

Mythological motifs. · Gods. · The gods in general. · Mutual relations of the gods. · view the constellation · filed as A162.1

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  • generalThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. IIThompson cites: Mayer Die Giganten und Titanen in der antiken Sage (Berlin 1887). – Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 11, *42 n. 1, *43 n. 2
  • ChineseMyths & Legends of China, Chapter IVThompson cites: Werner 159
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The wired anchor lands one war early: Zeus and his disgorged siblings fight Cronus and the Titans for ten years, until "Earth prophesied victory" if he freed Tartarus's prisoners; armed then by the Cyclopes, "the gods overcame the Titans" and "cast lots for the sovereignty" [The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. II]. The giant-fight proper sits on the pages Thompson starred, also served: Earth, "vexed on account of the Titans, brought forth the giants", serpent-footed hurlers of "rocks and burning oaks at the sky"; since by oracle "none of the giants could perish at the hand of gods" alone, the mortal Hercules finishes every kill [The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. VI]. In the North the war is a condition, not an episode: Thor keeps a ledger — "Thjazi I felled, | the giant fierce" — and pleads census-defense: were all giants alive, "No men would there be | in Mithgarth more" [The Poetic Edda, HARBARTHSLJOTH]. At the world's end it closes pair by pair: "In giant-wrath | does the serpent writhe", and "Against the serpent | goes Othin’s son" [The Poetic Edda, VOLUSPO]. Greece: a war won. The North: a war held, then lost with everything. (The Vafthruthnismol candidate is a riddle-match with a giant, not a battle — noise.)

Witnesses: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. II · The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. VI · The Poetic Edda, HARBARTHSLJOTH · The Poetic Edda, VOLUSPO

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Within the index

Filed under Conflicts of the gods.

1 finer motif beneath it
Recurrent battle (everlasting fight). (Cf. A165.7.)
Filed beside it
Combat between god of light and dragon of oceanCombat between thundergod and devil. (Cf. A157.1, A189.1.1, A284, A285.)Brahma cursed by other gods: now has no templesGod reborn of human woman to avenge self on giant. (Cf. A179.5.)Battle between God's orderly (giant) and plagueSingle combat between godsRebellion of lesser gods against chief
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
God with many eyesBanquets of the godsDeath of the godsResurrection of godsStar-godGoddess of north starRank of the gods in HadesDoor-godsKitchen-godsGod of happinessGod of wealthGoddess of mercy

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