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Motif

Golden castle (palace, house).

Marvels. · Extraordinary places and things. · Extraordinary buildings and furnishings. · view the constellation · filed as F771.1.1

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“Then Thridi answered: "In that time the good abodes shall be many, and many the ill; then it shall be best to be in Gimle in Heaven. Moreover, there is plenteous abundance of good drink, for them that esteem that a pleasure, in the hall which is called Brimir: it stands in Okolnir. That too is a good hall which stands in Nida Fells, made of red gold ; its name is Sindri. In these halls shall dwell good men and pure in heart.”

— The Prose Edda (Brodeur 1916), Gylfaginning LII · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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  • generalThe Prose Edda (Brodeur 1916), Gylfaginning LIIThompson cites: *Fb "slot" III 376b, 377a, "guldslot" I 515a. – Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 329, Snorra Edda Gylf. LII, *Boberg, Hdwb. d. Märch. I 431a nn. 28--34
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Scholars’ trail — 7references

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  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "or"
  • French CanadianBarbeau JAFL XXIX 12
  • PersianCarnoy 335
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • HinduTawney II 568.
  • general *Köhler-Bolte I 412
  • general *Fb "slot" III 376b, 377a, "guldslot" I 515a. – Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 329, Snorra Edda Gylf. LII, *Boberg, Hdwb. d. Märch. I 431a nn. 28--34 → on our shelf: The Prose Edda (Brodeur 1916), Gylfaginning LII
Within the index

Filed under Castle of unusual material.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Castle paved with gold and gemsPalace of gold and silver bricks
Filed beside it
Silver castleCopper castleSteel castle (house)Palace of jewels. (Cf. F721.5.1.)Crystal castlePalace of iceCastle of wax, shining like goldHouse of skulls. Murderer's abodeGingerbread house. House made of cakeCastle of fire. (Cf. F702, F753, F756.1, F763, F785.3.)
Travels with
City of gold. (Cf. F771.1.1.)

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