Motif
conditional death prophecy
conditional_death_prophecy
A motif of the Death Attributed to Fate or Destiny 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 LXV. / OF FINES AND ATONEMENTS. / CHAPTER LXVI. / OF THORGEIR OTKELL'S SON.; lines 7097-7141 confidence: high
Mord says Njal has foretold Gunnar's fate: if Gunnar kills more than once in the same stock and then breaks the settlement after the deed, it will lead to his death; Mord plans to have Gunnar kill Thorgeir Otkell's son while Thorgeir Starkad's son escapes.
Njal is said to have foretold that Gunnar's death would follow if he killed more than once in the same stock and then broke the settlement made after the deed.
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