Motif
betrayal through offered protection
betrayal_through_offered_protection
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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The Nibelungenlied TWELFTH ADVENTURE / THIRTEENTH ADVENTURE / FOURTEENTH ADVENTURE / FIFTEENTH ADVENTURE; lines 7479-7659 confidence: high
The narrator says the actors behave falsely and plan guile against Siegfried; Gunther holds secret counsel and Hagen will not give up his dark purpose.
Hagen, already described as holding a dark purpose, asks Kriemhild how he may guard Siegfried and receives her trust.
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