Motif
hostile stepmother and violent retaliation
hostile_stepmother_and_violent_retaliation
A motif of the Jealous Stepmother and Persecuted Child family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
norse
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga CHAPTER LXVI. GRETTIR SLAYS A GIANT / CHAPTER LXVII. VISIT TO GUDMUND THE MIGHTY / CHAPTER LXVIII. FIGHT WITH THORODD THE SON OF SNORRI / CHAPTER LXX. THE PEOPLE OF SKAGAFJORD; lines 5734-5777 confidence: high
Hjalti is introduced as a distinguished chief; his brother Thorbjorn Angle is strong and quarrelsome; their father Thord's later wife is hostile to the stepsons, especially Thorbjorn.
The stepmother is hostile to her stepsons, attacks Thorbjorn during a game, and he retaliates with fatal violence.
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