Motif
forest ordeal of the last surviving brother
forest_ordeal_of_the_last_surviving_brother
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Survival, Environmental, and Endurance Ordeals. 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 9318-9428 confidence: medium
Signy pleads for her brothers and obtains that they be chained to a fallen oak in the forest, while Siggeir confines her in the palace under guard.
The Volsung brothers are condemned to exposure in the forest; all but Sigmund are devoured, and he escapes into hiding.
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