Motif
Bad counsel intensifies a dispute
bad_counsel_intensifies_a_dispute
A motif of the Betrayal and Violated Trust 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 XLVI. / OF GIZUR THE WHITE AND GEIR THE PRIEST. / CHAPTER XLVII. / OF OTKELL IN KIRKBY.; lines 5302-5391 confidence: high
Otkell says, "There is store of both, but I will sell thee neither"; he also refuses to give them, and Skamkell is said to be giving him bad counsel.
Skamkell is explicitly said to give Otkell bad counsel during the refusal and then challenges Gunnar's party by calling the proposed taking robbery.
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