Motif
fire barrier crossed by the true hero
fire_barrier_crossed_by_the_true_hero
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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1 traditions
norse
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The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga); with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda CHAPTER XXIII. Sigurd comes to Hlymdale. / CHAPTER XXIV. Sigurd sees Brynhild at Hlymdale. / CHAPTER XXVI. Sigurd comes to the Giukings and is wedded to Gudrun. / CHAPTER XXVII. The Wooing of Brynhild.; lines 3683-3807 confidence: high
Brynhild says she promised to wed whoever rode Grani with Fafnir's hoard through her flaming fire and slew the men she named; she says only Sigurd dared, and that he slew the Worm, Regin, and five kings, while Gunnar did nothing.
The decisive distinction between Sigurd and Gunnar is repeatedly stated as riding through Brynhild's fire.
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