Motif
Hall-burning revenge
hall_burning_revenge
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
norse
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Corpus Poeticum Boreale, Volume 1 LOST LAYS FROM W. P. 395 / LOST LAYS / FROM W. P. 397 / LOST LAYS FROM W. P. 399; lines 19344-19460 confidence: high
The escaped heroes set fire to the hall; Sigmund says, "Here we are" and declares that "the Wolsungs are not all dead."
The escaped heroes set fire to Siggeir's hall while its occupants sleep, and Siggeir and his company die in the fire.
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The Poetic Edda NOTES / ATLAKVITHA EN GRNLENZKA / THE GREENLAND LAY OF ATLI / INTRODUCTORY NOTE; lines 18558-18660 confidence: high
"Guthrun, Gjukis daughter, avenged her brothers... She slew first Atlis sons, and thereafter she slew Atli, and burned the hall with his whole company."
The prose preface states that Guthrun burned the hall with Atli's whole company after killing Atli.
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