Motif
ancestral settler burial in a named howe
ancestral_settler_burial_in_a_named_howe
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.
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1 traditions
norse
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga CHAPTER VI. DEATH OF BJORN; DISPUTES OVER HIS PROPERTY IN NORWAY / CHAPTER VII. MURDER OF ONDOTT CROW, AND THE VENGEANCE THEREFOR / CHAPTER VIII. ONUND AND ASMUND SAIL TO ICELAND / CHAPTER IX. ONUND SETTLES IN KALDBAK; lines 490-598 confidence: medium
Onund has two sons by Aesa; after Aesa's death he marries Thordis and has Thorgrim. Onund lives at Kaldbak until old age, dies naturally, and is buried in Treefoot's howe.
Onund dies naturally after living at Kaldbak and is said to lie in Treefoot's howe.
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