Motif
Spell-bound captors and magical waterborne escape
spell_bound_captors_and_magical_waterborne_escape
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Escapes from Captors and Countertraps. 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 XVII: THE NORNS / CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R.; lines 7196-7322 confidence: high
An armed force tries to seize Lorelei; she immobilizes them, casts ornaments into the waves, chants, summons waters and a sea-green chariot with white-maned steeds, vanishes, and is not seen again.
Lorelei immobilizes the armed force, summons waters to the crag, enters a chariot drawn by white-maned steeds, and vanishes.
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