Motif
Death as going home to Odin
death_as_going_home_to_odin
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage 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 INTRODUCTION / H. HALLIDAY SPARLING. / TRANSLATORS' PREFACE. / THE STORY OF THE VOLSUNGS AND NIBLUNGS.; lines 911-1005 confidence: medium
Rerir goes to war by kingly custom, falls sick on the journey, dies, and is said to be minded to go home to Odin.
Rerir's death on a war journey is described with the phrase that he was minded to go home to Odin.
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