Motif
dangerous sea contest between youthful companions or rivals
dangerous_sea_contest_between_youthful_companions_or_rivals
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal 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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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem BEOWULF INTRODUCES HIMSELF AT THE PALACE. / HROTHGAR AND BEOWULF. / VIII. / UNFERTH TAUNTS BEOWULF.; lines 1930-2035 confidence: high
Unferth asks whether Beowulf struggled with Breca in swimming on wide sea-currents and says the two risked their bodies from vaunting amid angry winter waters.
Both Unferth and Beowulf recount a swimming venture with Breca through dangerous sea-currents and winter waters.
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