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Snake, monster, world
Description of this motif: The wyvern and the Midgard serpent are snake creatures from Nordic mythologi. Being snakes they are related to the snake in Paradise. The wyvern is a monster, that kills and holds people from the church or protects treasures. The Midgard serpent wreathes, like the greek titan Oceanos, Earth (Midgard).
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The tales are sorted by year. The leading numbers refer to the number of occurrences of the motif in the respective texts.
- 2 The Marsh King's Daughter (1858)
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