Motif
bloodied garment kept as death-token
bloodied_garment_kept_as_death_token
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
-
The Story of Burnt Njal: From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga CHAPTER CX. / THE SLAYING OF HAUSKULD, THE PRIEST OF WHITENESS. / CHAPTER CXI. / OF HILDIGUNNA AND MORD VALGARD'S SON.; lines 11166-11240 confidence: medium
Hildigunna wipes blood with a cloak, wraps the gouts of gore in it, folds it, and lays it in her chest.
Hildigunna gathers Hauskuld's blood and gore in a cloak, folds it, and stores it in her chest.
read in the book →