Motif
Vengeance by burning the enemy hall
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Feud. 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 9547-9642 confidence: high
Sigmund and Sinfiotli burn Siggeir’s hall and prevent escape except for women. Signy refuses to live, embraces Sigmund, reveals the secret of Sinfiotli’s birth, and dies in the flames.
After escaping, Sigmund and Sinfiotli return to Siggeir’s hall, set it on fire, block the entrance, and complete the revenge for the slaughter of the Volsungs.
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