Motif
fatal visit to a hostile court
fatal_visit_to_a_hostile_court
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
norse
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The Poetic Edda NOTES / ATLAKVITHA EN GRNLENZKA / THE GREENLAND LAY OF ATLI / INTRODUCTORY NOTE; lines 18558-18660 confidence: high
"The two Atli poems deal with substantially the same material: the visit of the sons of Gjuki to Atli's court, their deaths, and the subsequent revenge of their sister, Guthrun, Atli's wife, on her husband."
The passage summarizes a visit by the sons of Gjuki to Atli's court followed by their deaths.
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The Poetic Edda NOTES / ATLAKVITHA EN GRNLENZKA / THE GREENLAND LAY OF ATLI / INTRODUCTORY NOTE; lines 18558-18660 confidence: medium
The two Atli poems are said to concern the visit of the sons of Gjuki to Atli's court, their deaths, and Guthrun's subsequent revenge on Atli, her husband.
The sons of Gjuki visit Atli's court and die; the poem begins with Atli sending a rider to Gunnar.
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