Motif
betrayed hero's deathbed speech
betrayed_hero_s_deathbed_speech
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech 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 THIRTEENTH ADVENTURE / FOURTEENTH ADVENTURE / FIFTEENTH ADVENTURE / SIXTEENTH ADVENTURE; lines 8291-8365 confidence: high
The Burgundian king mourns Siegfried's impending death, and the wounded Siegfried says the wrongdoer deserves reviling rather than tears.
The mortally wounded Siegfried rebukes the wrongdoing, laments the consequences for his wife and son, and makes a final request before dying.
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