Motif
Bride or beloved rides into funeral fire
bride_or_beloved_rides_into_funeral_fire
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family United in Death. 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 10444-10568 confidence: medium
The passage reports Wagner's variant: Brunhild, mounted on her steed, rides into the flames of the funeral pyre and disappears from sight.
In the reported Wagner variant, Brunhild rides mounted into the flames of the funeral pyre.
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