Motif
beloved refuses elopement from kin duty
beloved_refuses_elopement_from_kin_duty
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Family and Kinship Order. 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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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 11342-11475 confidence: high
Before sailing, Frithiof asks Ingeborg to elope south and become his wife, but she refuses because her father is dead and she must obey her brothers.
Ingeborg rejects Frithiof's proposal to flee because she feels bound to obey her brothers after her father's death.
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