Motif
blood-runic curse placed on an object
blood_runic_curse_placed_on_an_object
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
norse
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga CHAPTER LXXVI. ADVENTURE OF HAERING IN DRANGEY / CHAPTER LXXVII. GRETTIR'S CASE BEFORE THE ALL-THING / CHAPTER LXXVIII. THORBJORN'S FOSTER-MOTHER / CHAPTER LXXIX. THE SPELL TAKES EFFECT; lines 6312-6382 confidence: high
At the shore, the old woman finds a large tree stump with a burned and smoothed side, has a flat surface cut, inscribes runes with a knife, reddens them with her blood, mutters spells, walks backwards against the sun around it, and speaks potent words.
The old woman cuts runes into the stump, reddens them with her blood, mutters spells, performs a ritual circuit, and speaks potent words over it.
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