6 linked passages
Hospitality
Arrival, welcome, shelter, food, clothing, and obligations between host and guest.
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Themes are editorial finding aids, not claims that a passage has one final subject or interpretation.
5 linked passages
Watchfulness
Caution, observation, and the risks assumed in unfamiliar social spaces.
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Wisdom
Practical judgment, restraint, learning, and the limits of knowledge.
Open theme5 linked passages
Speech
Speaking, boasting, silence, listening, and social consequence.
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Travel
Counsel for movement, unfamiliar roads, and life away from home.
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Drink and Moderation
Ale, memory, self-command, and social conduct.
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Life and Death
Mortality, sickness, survival, burial, and the value assigned to living.
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Reputation
Renown, memory, memorials, deeds, and what may remain after death.
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Wealth
Possession, poverty, instability, pride, and social judgment.
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Kinship
Children, relatives, remembrance, inheritance, and obligation.
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Runes
Passages explicitly concerning runes, knowledge, and magical counsel.
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