Motif
bound survivor escapes devouring beast by bodily stratagem
bound_survivor_escapes_devouring_beast_by_bodily_stratagem
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Escapes from Captors and Countertraps. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 9318-9428 confidence: high
Each morning Siggeir sends a messenger to the forest; the report is that a monster came at night and devoured one prince, until only Sigmund remains.
The brothers are chained and devoured one by one; Sigmund survives when Signy's honey stratagem causes the beast to expose its tongue, allowing him to bite down, break his bonds, and kill it.
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