Motif
Animal sign interpreted too late
animal_sign_interpreted_too_late
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination 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 the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga); with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda CHAPTER XXXVII. The Battle in the Burg of King Atli. / CHAPTER XXXVIII. Of the slaying of the Giukings. / CHAPTER XXXIX. The End of Atli and his Kin and Folk. / CHAPTER XLI. Of the Wedding and Slaying of Swanhild.; lines 5098-5174 confidence: high
"he took his hawk and plucked the feathers from off it, and bade show it to his father"; Jormunrek says his honor is gone like the hawk's feathers and orders Randver delivered from the gallows.
Randver sends the feather-plucked hawk to his father; Jormunrek interprets it and orders Randver released, but Randver is already dead.
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