Motif
Fate-set longing by Norns
fate_set_longing_by_norns
A motif of the Fate Figures and Cosmic Weaving family, within the sub-family Norns and Their Fate Pronouncements. 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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The Poetic Edda NOTES / SIGURTHARKVITHA EN SKAMMA / THE SHORT LAY OF SIGURTH / INTRODUCTORY NOTE; lines 16379-16507 confidence: high
Brynhild is described as formerly without blame or knowledge of sorrow; alone she says she will have Sigurth even if he dies in her arms, then states that Guthrun is his wife, she is Gunnar's, and ill Norns set her long desire.
Brynhild attributes her long desire to ill Norns.
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