Motif
fostered hero and companion childhood
fostered_hero_and_companion_childhood
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family, within the sub-family Nursing, Fosterage, and Kin Protection. 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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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 10939-11058 confidence: medium
Thorsten returns with the three greatest treasures of the North; Ingeborg bears Frithiof, Belé has Halfdan, Helgé, and later Ingeborg, and Hilding fosters or cares for Frithiof and young Ingeborg.
Frithiof is fostered by Hilding, and Belé's daughter Ingeborg is also entrusted to Hilding after the children grow near one another.
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