Motif
revenge oath after kin slaughter
revenge_oath_after_kin_slaughter
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Retribution Oaths. 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 9430-9545 confidence: high
Sigmund comforts Signy, they bury the whitening bones, he vows vengeance, Signy approves and promises aid, and they part: she to Siggeir’s palace and he to a forest hut where he works as a smith.
Sigmund buries the remains of his kin and vows to avenge his family’s wrongs, with Signy’s approval and promised aid.
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