Even Thor’s might cannot defeat the serpent or old age

Evidence

Thor learned that day that appearances deceive, that even a god can be tricked, and that there are some opponents — like the great serpent, and like old age — against which sheer strength is never quite enough. — , A Year of World Stories, 13438

Categorization

• SEED: The idea that ‘old age whom no one can wrestle down’ as a mythic personification could anchor an essay on how premodern cultures mythologized aging.