Motif
bewitched object sent as hostile greeting
bewitched_object_sent_as_hostile_greeting
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects 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 LXXVIII. THORBJORN'S FOSTER-MOTHER / CHAPTER LXXIX. THE SPELL TAKES EFFECT / CHAPTER LXXX. THE SPELL CONTINUES TO WORK / CHAPTER LXXXI. THORBJORN AGAIN VISITS DRANGEY; lines 6434-6500 confidence: medium
Thorbjorn Angle is at Vidvik, upset at not overcoming Grettir; about a week after the old woman bewitched the log, she comes to ask whether he means to visit Grettir.
The passage states that the old woman had bewitched a log and then says she has sent Grettir her greeting, which she expects he has received.
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