Motif
absent champion transfers obligation to secondary champion
absent_champion_transfers_obligation_to_secondary_champion
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
arthurian
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The High History of the Holy Graal TITLE I. / BRANCH XIII. / TITLE I. / VIII.; lines 7857-7954 confidence: high
The knights say the white-shielded knight and the knight with the sinople shield and golden eagle did best, award the prize to the white-shielded knight, and the damsel cannot find him because he has departed.
The white-shielded knight wins the prize but has departed, so the damsel turns to Gawain to avenge the dead knight.
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