Motif
greedy coercion punished by overwhelming production
greedy_coercion_punished_by_overwhelming_production
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Pride, Greed, and Hubris. 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 V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN / CHAPTER IX: FREY; lines 4864-4983 confidence: high
Mysinger takes Grotti and the two slaves aboard his vessel and orders them to grind salt; he denies them rest, and the enormous quantity of salt sinks the ship and all aboard.
Mysinger forces the giantesses to continue grinding salt until the quantity sinks his ship and all aboard.
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