Motif
magic potion leading to unwanted marriage
magic_potion_leading_to_unwanted_marriage
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Enchanted Foods and Potions Causing Binding, Sleep, and Forgetting. 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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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 10571-10664 confidence: high
Atli demands atonement for Brunhild's death; Gunnar promises Gudrun's hand; Grimhild's magic potion helps persuade Gudrun to leave Swanhild in Denmark and marry Atli in the land of the Huns.
Grimhild administers a magic potion, after which Gudrun is persuaded to leave her daughter and marry Atli, whom she later secretly detests.
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