Motif
communal oral preservation of heroic tales
communal_oral_preservation_of_heroic_tales
A motif of the Storytelling and Narrative as Sacred Power 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 the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga); with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda WITH EXCERPTS FROM THE POETIC EDDA / SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: / RECOMMENDED READING-- / INTRODUCTION; lines 612-664 confidence: high
Long winter evenings are named as a setting where the household gathered at work and listened to one member retell old stories of adventure or achievement.
The passage repeatedly describes heroic or adventurous stories being told in households, at gatherings, and by fireside, with repetition preserving and shaping them.
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