Motif
armed return into waiting danger
armed_return_into_waiting_danger
A motif of the The Hero's Journey 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 Burnt Njal: From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga CHAPTER LXIX. / OLAF THE PEACOCK'S GIFTS TO GUNNAR. / CHAPTER LXX. / MORD'S COUNSEL.; lines 7372-7416 confidence: medium
Twelve set out, find thirteen men waiting at Kirkby, and decide to ride to Rangriver to lie in wait for Gunnar.
The ambushers decide to lie in wait at Rangriver while Gunnar returns from the isles with Kolskegg, both armed.
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