Motif
treacherous killing at a water source
treacherous_killing_at_a_water_source
A motif of the Betrayal and Violated Trust family, within the sub-family Treacherous Assaults and Killings. 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 10571-10664 confidence: high
The passage says the Nibelungenlied death scene is more powerful and summarizes a Teutonic version in which Sigurd/Siegfried is lured from a forest hunt to a brook, stabbed in the back with a spear, and laid at his wife's feet.
The passage describes Sigurd being lured to a brook to drink and then stabbed from behind with a spear.
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