Motif
Drink followed by sleep and an overpowered encounter
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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
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The Poetic Edda LAYS OF THE HEROES / VLUNDARKVITHA / THE LAY OF VLUND / INTRODUCTORY NOTE; lines 10349-10450 confidence: medium
Vlund promises to weld the broken gold better than before; he brings beer, and the woman soon sleeps in her seat.
Vlund brings beer and the woman sleeps; later Bothvild confirms being with Vlund on the island, says she could not save herself from his strength, and is described as pregnant.
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