Motif
beloved delays hero's departure
beloved_delays_hero_s_departure
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing 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 FIRST ADVENTURE / SECOND ADVENTURE / THIRD ADVENTURE. / FOURTH ADVENTURE; lines 2922-3089 confidence: medium
Gunther considers rewards; Gernot advises letting men go home and return after six weeks for a feast. Siegfried wishes to depart, but Gunther asks him to stay for Kriemhild's sake.
Siegfried wants to take leave, but Gunther asks him to stay, and the passage states he would not have consented except for Kriemhild's sake.
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