Motif
Alliance framed by kinship, in-law loyalty, and friendship
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A motif of the Covenant and Sacred Bond family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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norse
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The Story of Burnt Njal: From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga CHAPTER CXXXII. / FLOSI'S DREAM. / CHAPTER CXXXIII. / OF FLOSI'S JOURNEY AND HIS ASKING FOR HELP.; lines 13514-13639 confidence: high
Hall welcomes Flosi; Flosi asks him to ride to the Thing with his Thingmen. Hall says he is bound to help and advises Flosi to go north to Weaponfirth and ask chiefs for aid.
Hall's help is linked to in-law obligation; Saurli defers to his father-in-law Gudmund; Hallbjorn and Bjarni promise to stand by Flosi as by a brother or for friendship's sake.
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