Extraordinary shield. (Cf. F824.)

Motif

Extraordinary shield. (Cf. F824.)

Marvels. · Extraordinary places and things. · Extraordinary weapons. · view the constellation · filed as F839.2

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

NorseThe First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus, Book 4

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish mythCross.

Within the index

Filed under Other extraordinary weapons.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Gigantic shield Edge of shield sharp enough to cut hair on water

Filed beside it

Gnawed bone as weapon Cain slays Abel with bone of a camel. (Cf. A1336.)Human head as weapon Ball made of human brains as weapon Betelnut as weapon to strike off man's head Wooden lizard used to kill evil spirits

Travels with

Extraordinary armor. (Cf. F839.2.)

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