Motif
annihilation of the hero’s companions and lone last stand
annihilation_of_the_hero_s_companions_and_lone_last_stand
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat 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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The Nibelungenlied TWENTY-NINTH ADVENTURE / THIRTIETH ADVENTURE / THIRTY-FIRST ADVENTURE / THIRTY-SECOND ADVENTURE; lines 14894-15073 confidence: high
News of Bloedel’s death reaches Etzel’s chieftains; two thousand or more Huns attack, and the passage reports nine thousand squires and twelve knights of Dankwart’s band dead, leaving Dankwart alone.
The Huns kill all of Dankwart’s company, while the passage emphasizes that Dankwart is left alone among foes and continues fighting.
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