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die Todeskette

Noun

A literary device, somewhat common in ancient epic, consisting of a chain of deaths in which one warrior is killed by another, who is in turn killed by a third, and so forth.

die Todeskette is a German noun meaning “A literary device, somewhat common in ancient epic, consisting of a chain of deaths in which one warrior is killed by another, who is in turn killed by a third, and so forth.”.

Genitive
der Todeskette
Plural
die Todesketten
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