Motif
dangerous disclosure of a hero's vulnerable point
dangerous_disclosure_of_a_hero_s_vulnerable_point
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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The Nibelungenlied TWELFTH ADVENTURE / THIRTEENTH ADVENTURE / FOURTEENTH ADVENTURE / FIFTEENTH ADVENTURE; lines 7479-7659 confidence: medium
Hagen asks how he may serve and guard Siegfried from hostile blades; Kriemhild entrusts Siegfried to Hagen, and the narrator says she told a story better left untold.
Kriemhild says she will tell Hagen where Siegfried may be smitten, relying on his honor, after Hagen asks how to protect him from weapons.
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