Motif
death-dream or doom-dream
death_dream_or_doom_dream
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception 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 PART OF THE LAY OF SIGRDRIFA (1) / THE LAY CALLED THE SHORT LAY OF SIGURD. / THE HELL-RIDE OF BRYNHILD. / FRAGMENTS OF THE LAY OF BRYNHILD; lines 6501-6685 confidence: high
Brynhild tells Gunnar of grim dreams: the hall and bed were cold, and Gunnar rode joyless, loaded with fetters among enemies.
Brynhild recounts a grim dream of cold hall, cold bed, and Gunnar fettered among enemies before declaring the Niblungs' ruin.
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