Motif
Forbidden love across mortal and giant worlds
forbidden_love_across_mortal_and_giant_worlds
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Forbidden and Transgressive Love. 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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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS; lines 8744-8800 confidence: high
Princess Ilse, daughter of the giant of the Ilsenstein, is loved by the mortal Lord of Westerburg; her father disapproves and forbids her to see him, but she continues to visit him.
A giant father forbids his daughter from consorting with a mortal lover and intervenes by creating a physical separation between them.
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