Motif
alternating friendship feast
alternating_friendship_feast
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
norse
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The Story of Burnt Njal: From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga CHAPTER XXXIV. / OF THRAIN SIGFUS' SON. / CHAPTER XXXV. / THE VISIT TO BERGTHORSKNOLL.; lines 4134-4179 confidence: high
Gunnar and Njal have a custom of alternating winter feasts for friendship, and Gunnar and Hallgerda set out for Bergthorsknoll.
The passage explicitly describes an established custom in which Gunnar and Njal alternately host one another in winter for friendship's sake.
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