Motif
Alliance secured through gifts, payment, obligation, or refusal of bribes
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A motif of the Sacred Exchange and Reciprocity 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
At Hallbjorn's, Flosi offers a purse of money and asks for support at the Thing; Hallbjorn accepts and promises to stand by him as by a brother.
The passage contrasts aid given through money, debt, friendship, and duty, including Hallbjorn's purse, three marks of silver for the brothers, Bjarni's refusal of bribes, and gifts from supporters.
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