Motif
Oath-bound vengeance displaced onto a proxy killer
oath_bound_vengeance_displaced_onto_a_proxy_killer
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Wounded, Fallen, and Avenged. 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 XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 10444-10568 confidence: high
Sigurd questions Brunhild; she reproaches him, refuses his offer to repudiate Gudrun, asks Gunnar to kill Sigurd, and then turns to Högni; Högni induces Guttorm with persuasion and one of Grimhild's potions.
Gunnar and Högni avoid direct violence because of an oath, while Guttorm is induced through persuasion and a potion to commit the killing.
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