Motif
Chosen violent death to avoid an undesirable afterlife
chosen_violent_death_to_avoid_an_undesirable_afterlife
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage 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 XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS / CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL; lines 6660-6800 confidence: medium
Although innocents are treated kindly by Hel, northern people fear her abode; the passage describes men and women seeking violent or fiery deaths to avoid it and join loved ones or the gods.
The passage describes men and women choosing spear wounds, falls, burning, or sword-death to avoid Hel's cheerless abode and join loved ones or gods.
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