Motif
cursed treasure and inevitable fate
cursed_treasure_and_inevitable_fate
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 the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga); with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda WITH EXCERPTS FROM THE POETIC EDDA / SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: / RECOMMENDED READING-- / INTRODUCTION; lines 666-735 confidence: high
"Siegfried (Sigurd) has slain a dragon"; the passage adds that Andvari, the Volsungs, Fafnir, and Regin are forgotten.
The passage refers to the fate that follows the treasure and to Andvari's curse working itself out with slow, sure steps that no power of god or man can turn aside.
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