Motif
Body set adrift on a ship after revenge killing
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A motif of the Heroic Funeral Rites and Memorialization 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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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 10667-10774 confidence: medium
Another version says Gudrun kills Atli with Sigurd’s sword, places his body on a ship and sends it adrift, then leaps into the sea and is drowned.
One version says Gudrun kills Atli, places his body on a ship, and sends it adrift before drowning herself.
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