Motif
Dead man sings from within his burial cairn
dead_man_sings_from_within_his_burial_cairn
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance 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 LXXVI. / GUNNAR'S SLAYING. / CHAPTER LXXVII. / GUNNAR SINGS A SONG DEAD.; lines 8038-8126 confidence: high
They make a cairn over Gunnar and seat him upright in it; Rannveig refuses burial of his bill and says it should belong only to someone ready to avenge him.
Gunnar is buried in a cairn, then is perceived first by servants and later by Skarphedinn and Hogni as merry and singing inside it.
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