Motif
aged hero's final battle, death, and funeral burning
aged_hero_s_final_battle_death_and_funeral_burning
A motif of the Heroic Funeral Rites and Memorialization family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem / JNO: LESSLIE HALL, / CONTENTS.; lines 66-229 confidence: high
The contents list the hoard and dragon, aged bravery, Beowulf seeking the dragon, Beowulf's last battle, Wiglaf, desertion by friends and sword, fatal struggle, Beowulf's last moments and death, Wiglaf plundering the dragon's den, dead foes, a messenger of death, the hoard carried off, and the burning of Beowulf.
Headings identify Beowulf as brave though aged, list his last battle, fatal struggle, last moments, death, and burning.
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