Motif
divine traveler received in a human dwelling
divine_traveler_received_in_a_human_dwelling
A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest 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 Poetic Edda NOTES / RIGSTHULA / THE SONG OF RIG / INTRODUCTORY NOTE; lines 8144-8258 confidence: high
Old stories say that a god named Heimdall went along a seashore, came to a dwelling, and called himself Rig.
The prose and first stanzas describe a god called Rig traveling, entering a dwelling, speaking wisely, receiving food, and sleeping there with the inhabitants.
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