Motif
Temptation to kill a sleeping or powerless host resisted
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A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Hospitality and Treatment of Strangers. 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 XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 11722-11843 confidence: high
In a dell, Sigurd Ring lies with his head on Frithiof's knee; a bird in a nearby tree urges Frithiof to kill the powerless king and recover Ingeborg, but Frithiof refuses and throws his sword into a thicket.
A bird urges Frithiof to kill the powerless sleeping king, but Frithiof rejects the advice and removes his sword to avoid temptation.
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