Motif
Ambush at a river ford
ambush_at_a_river_ford
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 Story of Burnt Njal: From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga CHAPTER LXX. / MORD'S COUNSEL. / CHAPTER LXXI. / THE SLAYING OF THORGEIR OTKELL'S SON.; lines 7419-7527 confidence: high
They see men by the river on the far side with tethered horses; Gunnar says there is an ambush and proposes riding to the ford to prepare.
Gunnar identifies men waiting across Rangriver as an ambush and chooses to prepare at the ford.
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