Motif
abolition of a false law marked by copper horns
abolition_of_a_false_law_marked_by_copper_horns
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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arthurian
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The High History of the Holy Graal INCIPIT. / TITLE I. / VIII. / XIII.; lines 9875-9981 confidence: medium
They see a castle in a meadow, surrounded by running waters and high walls, turning rapidly, with copper crossbow archers, copper horn-blowers, and chained lions and bears at the gateway.
The damsel says the entrant must do away the false law with its horns of copper; the castle also contains copper horn-blowers whose sound shakes the ground.
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