Motif
Fatal ring as proof and catalyst
fatal_ring_as_proof_and_catalyst
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Cursed and Fatal Objects. 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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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 10444-10568 confidence: high
At the Rhine bathing place, Gudrun claims precedence, quarrels with Brunhild, accuses her of faithlessness, and produces Andvaranaut; Brunhild is crushed and withdraws in silent grief.
Andvaranaut is called fatal and its appearance in Gudrun's hand precipitates Brunhild's collapse and the later sequence of vengeance.
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