M78) On this view the invulnerable Balder is neither more nor less than a personification of a mistletoe-bearing oak.
M123) We have seen that in the tales the hero, as a preparation for battle, sometimes removes his soul from his body, in order that his body may be invulnerable and immortal in the combat.
M80 Belief that a man's soul may be deposited for safety in a secure place outside his body, and that so long as it remains there intact he himself is invulnerable and immortal.
Invulnerable warlock or giant, stories of the, ii.
M51) In Bohemia poachers fancy that they can render themselves invulnerable by swallowing the seed from a fir-cone which they have found growing upwards before sunrise on the morning of St. John's Day.
This particular enemy is the Caeneus of Greek fable, whom Neptune had rendered invulnerable to the effect of swords and clubs, and whom Centaurs are endeavouring to overcome by crushing his body with masses of rock.
The Centaurs hurling huge stones, and wielding the stems of trees; and the invulnerable Coeneus, half crushed by his savage enemies, are again represented.
Two Centaurs heave a mighty stone to crush the invulnerable Kaineus.
Before, behind and around Roland men fell; he remained erect, invulnerableas the demon of war.
Cadoudal sat erect upon his horse amid fire and smoke, like the Demon of War, invulnerable and implacable.
The shipping constituted an invulnerable defense and convenient shelter for the fugitive Federals.
There was no abatement of that self-possession, which had so often proven invulnerable to the most trying exigencies; no alteration of that commanding mien, so typical of resolution and self-reliance.
When death removed the unloved mother, freedom was joyfully welcomed, and the memory of his neglected bride rarely visited the heart, which was not invulnerable to grace and beauty.
Their inhabitants eat, drink, hunt, and amuse themselves in the same manner as earthly folk, and are by no means invulnerable or immortal.
Give thou unto them cars furnished with banners and let them case their persons in beautiful coats of mail that should be both invulnerable and easy to wear.
And the coat of mail that the king himself of the Matsyas put on was invulnerable and decked with a hundred suns, a hundred circles, a hundred spots, and a hundred eyes.
And those repressers of foes then donned those beautiful coats of mail, invulnerable and easy to wear, that Virata had ordered for those heroes of spotless fame.
The huge, invulnerable iron monster--not invulnerable after all--has met its master in the idle cask.
Yet who treads of the fight between invulnerable Achilles and heroic Hector, and admires Achilles?
Thou canst not slay him," then said the charioteer, "for he is invulnerable by magic power to the point or edge of any blade.
But Llew, like the Gothic solar hero Siegfried, is invulnerable except under special circumstances, and Blodeuwedd has to learn from him how he may be slain.
Baldwyn of Burgundy saw this, and losing his temper, ordered the great catapult that was battering the wood-work of the curtain opposite it to be turned and levelled slantwise at this invulnerable knight.
The invulnerable knight and his men-at-arms met them, and a fearful combat ensued, in which many a figure was seen to fall headlong down off the narrow bridge.
And if you make the objection that the ills which assail me are not exile only, or poverty only, but disgrace as well, I reply that the soul which is hard enough to resist one wound is invulnerable to all.
But about the same time the "Sideristen," who were experienced in astronomical science, poured out heavenly influence in invulnerable medals of silver and fine gold, which were worn round the neck.
No one knew whether the members of that noble house had especial grace, because they were of the race of the royal prophet David, or whether the art of rendering themselves invulnerable was hereditary.
He himself had known a Landsknecht, who, though made invulnerable by the devil, was killed, and announced beforehand the day and place of his death.
Even in the first year of the Thirty years' war, the art of renderinginvulnerable was eagerly discussed.
Footnote 18: Grimmelshausen speaks of the art of rendering invulnerable as credible, but as a thing long known.
Italian and German superstitions were mixed, and in the time of Fronsperg and Schaertlin almost every detail of the art of rendering invulnerable is to be found.
Gæa (Earth) had learned this, and sought by means of magic herbs to make her offspringinvulnerable also to mortals.
Because," said Ferragus proudly, "I am invulnerableexcept in one point.
He clothed himself outwardly in an invulnerable armour of self-control and cold reserve, but inwardly his blood was in one continued fever, until the friendship of Percy and Herbert soothed his troubled feelings.
In his own country he was looked upon as invulnerable and invincible.
But in this his last battle he had to fight without his invulnerable coat of mail, his slaves having stolen it and gone over with it to the enemy.
She may become invulnerable when danger threatens.
Am I such an insignificant enemy that I can be released simply upon parole after the combat that cost us so much treasure and blood, but without one drop of his being shed, for he really seems to be invulnerable as they say.
He told this person that he could learn from the same book how to make himself invisible, as well as invulnerable to the thrust of a sword.
On this view the invulnerable Balder is neither more nor less than a personification of a mistletoe-bearing oak.
We have seen that in the tales the hero, as a preparation for battle, sometimes removes his soul from his body, in order that his body may be invulnerable and immortal in the combat.
Knights sheathed in mail over quilted work, and wearing the great battle-helm, appeared invulnerable and able to encounter the most fearful odds, and even to rescue each other when dismounted amidst swarming enemies.
When these last plates were added the knights appeared more invulnerable than Achilles.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "invulnerable" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
