Motif
revenge banquet of slain kin
revenge_banquet_of_slain_kin
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Feud. 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 10667-10774 confidence: high
Atli feasts without knowing Gudrun has served him his sons' hearts and blood in skull cups; variants describe Gudrun burning the palace and stabbing Atli, or killing him with Sigurd's sword, setting his body adrift, and casting herself into the sea.
Gudrun kills Atli's sons and serves their hearts and blood to Atli in skull cups during a feast.
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