Motif
Animal refuses the uncanny water
animal_refuses_the_uncanny_water
A motif of the Sacred Waters and Passage Through Water family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem XVIII. / BEOWULF RECEIVES FURTHER HONOR. / THE MOTHER OF GRENDEL. / HROTHGAR'S ACCOUNT OF THE MONSTERS.; lines 3432-3531 confidence: high
At night an ill-meaning "fire-flood" may be seen; no human knows the bottom; a hounded he-deer dies on the shore before entering the water.
A pursued he-deer is said to die on the shore rather than enter the mere.
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