Motif
burning ship funeral
burning_ship_funeral
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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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7698-7821 confidence: high
The gods cannot launch the heavily loaded ship; mountain giants advise summoning Hyrrokin from Jötun-heim because she can launch it unaided.
Balder's ship is loaded with funeral materials, launched into the sea, set aflame as a pyre, and watched until it disappears.
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