Motif
dangerous hospitality to an untrustworthy outsider
dangerous_hospitality_to_an_untrustworthy_outsider
A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest 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 Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga CHAPTER LII. GRETTIR IS CAPTURED BY FARMERS AND RELEASED BY THORBJORG / CHAPTER LIII. GRETTIR WINTERS IN LJARSKOGAR WITH THORSTEINN KUGGASON / CHAPTER LIV. ADVENTURE WITH LOPT / CHAPTER LV. GRETTIR IN THE ARNARVATN HEATH. DEATH OF GRIM THE FOREST-MAN; lines 4557-4598 confidence: high
Grim asks for hospitality; Grettir says men of the forest are untrustworthy, says it is ill to live alone, and requires any companion to work.
Grettir distrusts forest-men but accepts Grim because living alone is difficult; Grim then watches for a chance to kill him.
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