Motif
child named after a recently dead kinsman
child_named_after_a_recently_dead_kinsman
A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead 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 LVII. / OF STARKAD AND HIS SONS. / CHAPTER LVIII. / HOW GUNNAR'S HORSE FOUGHT.; lines 6451-6546 confidence: medium
Gunnar hears of Hauskuld's death; Thorgerda gives birth at Gritwater; her mother chooses the name Hauskuld for the boy.
The report of Hauskuld's death is followed by Thorgerda's childbirth and the choice to name the boy Hauskuld.
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