Motif
enchanted sleeper behind a fiery heroic barrier
enchanted_sleeper_behind_a_fiery_heroic_barrier
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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norse
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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 10215-10329 confidence: high
Brunhild is punished by Odin, fears a cowardly mate, is taken to Hindarfiall or Hindfell, touched with the Thorn of Sleep, and surrounded with a flame barrier.
Brunhild is put into unchanging sleep and surrounded by flame that only a hero would venture through.
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