Motif
atonement or compensation after death
atonement_or_compensation_after_death
A motif of the Covenant and Sacred Bond family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
norse
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The Story of Burnt Njal: From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga CONCLUSION. / ICELANDIC CHRONOLOGY. / CONTENTS. / CHAPTER; lines 1336-1494 confidence: high
“Hogni takes an Atonement for Gunnar's Death.”
The heading about Hogni and Gunnar explicitly names atonement after death; later legal headings also mention awards of atonement.
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