Motif
defensive architecture becomes vulnerability
defensive_architecture_becomes_vulnerability
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
norse
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The Story of Burnt Njal: From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga CHAPTER LXXV. / THE RIDING TO LITHEND. / CHAPTER LXXVI. / GUNNAR'S SLAYING.; lines 7839-7989 confidence: medium
Gunnar wakes, speaks of Sam his fosterling and a warning that their deaths will be close together; the hall is described as wooden with roof-beams, shuttered window-slits, and a loft where Gunnar, Hallgerda, and his mother sleep.
The hall's window-slits and roof structure enable Gunnar's defence at first, but the attackers later exploit the roof-beams with ropes and remove the roof.
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