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A subtrope of [[Burial At Sea]] in which the deceased (usually a warrior, but not necessarily a Viking) is laid in a boat with his effects, such as a sword, and set out to drift at sea. Then, a character (usually someone with emotional ties to the dead, or simply the most skilled [[Archer]] present) lights a flaming arrow and shoots it at the sail. The ship is then engulfed in flame and slowly breaks up and sinks.
Played straight, it can be a [[Tear Jerker]]. When [[Played for Laughs]], the character charged with shooting the flaming arrow will continually miss or fumble his bow.<ref>* When played historically accurately, [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|a slave will be killed]] [[Human Sacrifice|as part of the ceremony.]]
In some cases, the fire-arrow step isn't performed. This can be due to a lack of flammable sails and fire arrows, a need for haste, or simply different funerary practices.
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