Motif
blood-money offered and rejected
blood_money_offered_and_rejected
A motif of the Covenant and Sacred Bond 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 XX. THORFINN'S RETURN. GRETTIR VISITS THE NORTH / CHAPTER XXI. ADVENTURE WITH A BEAR / CHAPTER XXII. GRETTIR KILLS BJORN AND IS SUMMONED BEFORE JARL SVEINN / CHAPTER XXIII. GRETTIR KILLS HJARRANDI; lines 2012-2117 confidence: high
The jarl becomes furious and summons an assembly; Thorfinn and Thorsteinn gather supporters, and Thorfinn offers atonement, but the jarl refuses, citing Grettir's killing of three brothers.
Atonement and blood-money are offered for Grettir, but the jarl refuses to accept compensation and declares that Grettir must die.
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