Motif
burial of fallen opponents at the site of killing
burial_of_fallen_opponents_at_the_site_of_killing
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 Story of Burnt Njal: From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga CHAPTER LXXV. / THE RIDING TO LITHEND. / CHAPTER LXXVI. / GUNNAR'S SLAYING.; lines 7991-8035 confidence: high
Gizur asks Rannveig for earth for two of his dead men to lie in a cairn; she says she grants it more willingly for two because she wishes she had to grant it to all of them.
Gizur asks Rannveig for earth so that two of his dead men may lie in a cairn there.
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