Motif
Bereaved animal mother disturbing the killer
bereaved_animal_mother_disturbing_the_killer
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition 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 Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga CHAPTER LVI. TREACHERY AND DEATH OF THORIR REDBEARD / CHAPTER LIX. THE CHASTISEMENT OF GISLI / CHAPTER LX. THE BATTLE WITH THE MYRAMEN / CHAPTER LXI. GRETTIR WINTERS UNDER THE GEITLAND GLACIER; lines 5066-5137 confidence: high
Grettir builds a log hut, slaughters sheep, kills the lamb of the large brown-headed ewe Brownhead, and is then kept awake by Brownhead's nightly bleating.
After Grettir slaughters Brownhead's lamb, the ewe comes nightly to his hut and bleats, preventing his sleep and causing regret.
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