Motif
Revenant devastation expands from household to valley
revenant_devastation_expands_from_household_to_valley
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family. 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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The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga CHAPTER XXIX. HORSE-FIGHT AT LANGAFIT / CHAPTER XXX. THORBJORN OXMAIN AND THE FRAY AT HRUTAFJARDARHALS / CHAPTER XXXI. GRETTIR'S VAIN ENDEAVOUR TO PROVOKE BARDI / CHAPTER XXXIII. DOINGS OF GLAM'S GHOST. AWFUL CONDITION OF VATNSDAL; lines 2829-2915 confidence: high
Glam raids farms up the valley as far as Tunga, and no one can venture up the valley with a horse or dog because it is killed at once.
After the farm is abandoned, Glam raids farms up the valley as far as Tunga, kills animals brought there, and the passage says Vatnsdal may be devastated unless help is found.
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