Motif
death-or-misfortune apparition
death_or_misfortune_apparition
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Apparitions and Supernatural Visionary Beings. 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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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA; lines 2362-2458 confidence: high
Bertha is described as an ancestress of noble families, linked with the saying about the days when Bertha spun, represented with a splay foot, and appearing as the White Lady before death or misfortune.
The White Lady appears in the palace before death or misfortune in the imperial family.
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