Motif
Fugitive hidden in containers over water
fugitive_hidden_in_containers_over_water
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family. 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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The Story of Burnt Njal: From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga CHAPTER LXXXVI. / HRAPP'S VOYAGE FROM ICELAND. / CHAPTER LXXXVII. / THRAIN TOOK TO HRAPP.; lines 8853-9006 confidence: high
Hrapp asks Thrain for shelter, admits burning a shrine and killing men, shows precious things from the shrine, offers the goods, threatens to be slain before Thrain, and is taken under Thrain's safeguard.
Thrain conceals Hrapp in two bottomless casks lashed together and lowered overboard to avoid the Earl's search.
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