Motif
Coerced bride by magical threat
coerced_bride_by_magical_threat
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Forbidden and Transgressive Love. 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 V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN / CHAPTER IX: FREY; lines 4609-4732 confidence: high
Skirnir shows Gerda the stolen portrait and offers apples and Draupnir; Gerda refuses, saying her father has enough gold.
Gerda refuses gifts and threats of violence, then submits after Skirnir cuts runes and describes a cursed future.
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