Motif
Nighttime dread of dead warriors
nighttime_dread_of_dead_warriors
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Nocturnal Apparitions and Daylight or Cockcrow Limits. 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 Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga); with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda CHAPTER XLII. Gudrun sends her Sons to avenge Swanhild. / CHAPTER XLIII. The Latter End of all the Kin of the Giukings. / APPENDIX: EXCERPTS FROM THE POETIC EDDA. / PART OF THE SECOND LAY OF HELGI HUNDINGS-BANE (1); lines 5523-5587 confidence: medium
The bondmaid warns Sigrun not to go alone "To the house of the dead" and says dead warriors are more dreadful at night than by daylight.
The bondmaid says dead warriors are stronger and more dreadful in the night season than in daylight.
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