Motif
Betrayal of wife's brothers rebounds on the slayer
betrayal_of_wife_s_brothers_rebounds_on_the_slayer
A motif of the Betrayal and Violated Trust family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Poetic Edda ATLAMOL EN GRNLENZKU / THE GREENLAND BALLAD OF ATLI / INTRODUCTORY NOTE / NOTES; lines 19882-19999 confidence: medium
Atli and his advisers planned the death of the sons of Gjuki, Gunnar and Hogni; Atli's slaying of his wife's brothers caused his own death.
The notes state that Atli killed his wife's brothers, who would have supported him, and that this act caused his own death.
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