Motif
body relic used as retaliatory weapon
body_relic_used_as_retaliatory_weapon
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects 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 CXXVIII. / NJAL'S BURNING. / CHAPTER CXXIX. / SKARPHEDINN'S DEATH.; lines 12970-13119 confidence: medium
Gunnar asks whether Skarphedinn is weeping; Skarphedinn answers about smoke, notes Gunnar's laughter, then throws Thrain's jaw-tooth into Gunnar's eye so that Gunnar falls from the roof.
Skarphedinn keeps Thrain's jaw-tooth and throws it at a taunting enemy, blinding or maiming him.
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