Motif
apparent death after ordeal followed by renewed resistance
apparent_death_after_ordeal_followed_by_renewed_resistance
A motif of the Death, Rebirth, and Transformation 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 THIRTY-THIRD ADVENTURE / THIRTY-FOURTH ADVENTURE / THIRTY-FIFTH ADVENTURE / THIRTY-SIXTH ADVENTURE; lines 16215-16389 confidence: medium
Night passes. Hagen and the Fiddler keep watch by the portal; the Fiddler suggests entering the hall so the Huns will think they have perished, though they will stand ready to fight.
The Fiddler expects the Huns to think the warriors have perished; Etzel does think them dead, but watchers discover six hundred survivors who face another dawn attack.
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