Motif
armed muster as ominous warning
armed_muster_as_ominous_warning
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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1 traditions
norse
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The Story of Burnt Njal: From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga CHAPTER CXXV. / FLOSI'S JOURNEY FROM HOME. / CHAPTER CXXVI. / OF PORTENTS AT BERGTHORSKNOLL.; lines 12572-12627 confidence: medium
Grim and Helgi are at Holar; poor women report seeing the sons of Sigfus riding fully armed toward Threecorner ridge, with Grani Gunnar's son and Gunnar Lambi's son taking the same road.
The reported movement of armed men leads Helgi to return home and is followed by Njal's command that no one sleep and all keep watch.
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