Motif
Battle foretold through carrion animals and war-beasts
battle_foretold_through_carrion_animals_and_war_beasts
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 Poetic Edda NOTES / HELGAKVITHA HUNDINGSBANA I / THE FIRST LAY OF HELGI HUNDINGSBANE / INTRODUCTORY NOTE; lines 11510-11633 confidence: medium
Ravens on a treetop seek food and say they know something: Sigmund's half-day-old son stands in a mail-coat, with sharp flashing eyes, and is friend of the wolves.
Ravens seek food and speak of the armed infant; Helgi is called friend of wolves; later hounds go hungrily through the isle as peace is broken.
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