Motif
attempt to overturn a prophecy by killing the named exception
attempt_to_overturn_a_prophecy_by_killing_the_named_exception
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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The Nibelungenlied TWENTY-THIRD ADVENTURE / TWENTY-FOURTH ADVENTURE / TWENTY-FIFTH ADVENTURE / TWENTY-SIXTH ADVENTURE; lines 12514-12693 confidence: medium
Hagen says the mermaids foretold that none would return safely except the chaplain, whom he intended to drown beneath the flood; the tale spreads and many warriors grow pale at the thought of death before the journey ends.
Hagen says he wished to prove the mermaids false by drowning the chaplain, who was named as the only one who would safely return.
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