Motif
blood-soaked awakening of the bereaved wife
blood_soaked_awakening_of_the_bereaved_wife
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
norse
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The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga); with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda CHAPTER XXIII. Sigurd comes to Hlymdale. / CHAPTER XXIV. Sigurd sees Brynhild at Hlymdale. / CHAPTER XXVI. Sigurd comes to the Giukings and is wedded to Gudrun. / CHAPTER XXVII. The Wooing of Brynhild.; lines 3951-4100 confidence: high
Gudrun lies asleep on Sigurd's bosom, wakes in his blood, and bewails him with weeping and sorrowful words.
Gudrun wakes on Sigurd's bosom, swimming in his blood, and immediately laments with weeping and sorrowful words.
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