Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Draught of forgetfulness

draught_of_forgetfulness

A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


norse

  • The Poetic Edda GUTHRUNARKVITHA II, EN FORNA / THE SECOND, OR OLD, LAY OF GUTHRUN / INTRODUCTORY NOTE / NOTES; lines 17775-17884 confidence: high

    Stanzas 22-25 describe the draught of forgetfulness Grimhild gives Guthrun, as she gave one to Sigurth to make him forget Brynhild; the note says the draught does not seem to work and mentions blood of swine with a cross-reference to Hyndluljoth.

    Grimhild gives Guthrun a draught of forgetfulness and had given Sigurth a comparable draught to make him forget Brynhild.

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