Motif
Beloved youth marked for fame
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A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
norse
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The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga); with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda CHAPTER V. Of the Slaying of King Volsung. / CHAPTER VII. Of the Birth of Sinfjotli the Son of Sigmund. / CHAPTER VIII. The Death of King Siggeir and of Signy. / CHAPTER XV. Of the Welding together of the Shards of the Sword Gram.; lines 2183-2235 confidence: medium
Sigurd visits his mother, asks whether King Sigmund gave her Gram in two pieces, receives confirmation, and is given the sword pieces.
Sigurd's mother says he looks likely to win great fame, and the passage later states that all men and every child love him as he grows.
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