Motif
burial at a founded sacred building
burial_at_a_founded_sacred_building
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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The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga CHAPTER XXXVIII. GRETTIR FETCHES FIRE--THE SONS OF THORIR ARE BURNT / CHAPTER XL. ADVENTURE WITH THE BERSERK SNAEKOLL / CHAPTER XLI. THORSTEINN DROMUND'S ARMS / CHAPTER XLII. DEATH OF ASMUND LONGHAIR; lines 3521-3549 confidence: medium
After settling everything with his sons, Asmund's sickness grows; he dies soon after and is buried at Bjarg where he had built a church; all feel his loss.
Asmund is buried at Bjarg, where he had had a church built.
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