Motif
Rival women quarrel at water and reveal a concealed wrong
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Hidden Wrongdoing Exposed. 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: medium
At the Rhine bathing place, Gudrun claims precedence, quarrels with Brunhild, accuses her of faithlessness, and produces Andvaranaut; Brunhild is crushed and withdraws in silent grief.
The bathing scene at the Rhine becomes a status quarrel in which Gudrun exposes Brunhild's alleged breach of faith using the ring.
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