Motif
combat with a howe-dweller in a tomb
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A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
norse
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga CHAPTER XV. GAMES AT MIDFJORDVATN / CHAPTER XVI. GRETTIR KILLS SKEGGI AND IS OUTLAWED FOR THREE YEARS / CHAPTER XVII. GRETTIR SAILS FOR NORWAY AND IS WRECKED ON HARAMARSEY / CHAPTER XVIII. ADVENTURE IN THE HOWE OF KAR THE OLD; lines 1321-1439 confidence: high
Grettir encounters a throne-like seat with a man seated, finds gold and silver and a silver-filled casket, takes the treasure, is seized by a strong hand, and struggles violently with the howe-dweller.
Inside the howe, Grettir is seized by a strong hand and fights the howe-dweller until he beheads him.
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