Motif
broken peace and retaliatory accusation
broken_peace_and_retaliatory_accusation
A motif of the Covenant and Sacred Bond 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 the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga); with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda CHAPTER XXXIV. Atli bids the Giukings to him. / CHAPTER XXXV. The Dreams of the Wives of the Giukings. / CHAPTER XXXVI. Of the Journey of the Giukings to King Atli. / CHAPTER XXXVII. The Battle in the Burg of King Atli.; lines 4781-4846 confidence: medium
Atli laments that he is left alone of four brothers, says there is little peace with his wife, and accuses the brothers of slaying kin and his sister and depriving him of realm and riches.
Atli and Hogni each frame the conflict through earlier wrongs; Hogni specifically says Atli first broke the peace by starving and murdering a kinswoman and taking wealth.
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