Motif
adversarial parley before threatened harm
adversarial_parley_before_threatened_harm
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
norse
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga CHAPTER LXX. THE PEOPLE OF SKAGAFJORD / CHAPTER LXXI. THE BONDIS CLAIM THEIR PROPERTY IN DRANGEY / CHAPTER LXXII. GRETTIR VISITS THE THING AT HEGRANES / CHAPTER LXXIII. VISIT OF THORBJORN ANGLE TO DRANGEY; lines 5996-6018 confidence: medium
Thorbjorn Angle goes to Drangey in a fully manned boat; Grettir and his party come forward on the cliff and speak with him.
The two sides meet and talk; Grettir says neither need spare the other, and Thorbjorn warns that Grettir abides evil before they part.
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