Motif
bloodied garment as memory-token of slain kin
bloodied_garment_as_memory_token_of_slain_kin
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs 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 Story of Burnt Njal: From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga CHAPTER CXXII. / OF THE JUDGES. / CHAPTER CXXIII. / AN ATTACK PLANNED ON NJAL AND HIS SONS.; lines 12326-12463 confidence: high
Rodny takes from her bag a linen hood clotted with blood, torn, and tattered, and says Hauskuld Njal's son wore it on his head when he was slain.
Rodny displays Hauskuld's blood-clotted, torn hood to remind Ingialld of the killing and to turn him away from those behind the mischief.
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