Motif
Absorbed lover remains silent and defeats interrupters
absorbed_lover_remains_silent_and_defeats_interrupters
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Reunion, Messengers, and Tokens. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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celtic welsh
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The Mabinogion INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC; lines 1694-1778 confidence: high
Arthur and his household search for Peredur and see a knight with a long spear by a brook. Peredur, absorbed in thought of his beloved, gives no answer and unhorses a youth and then twenty-four more youths.
Peredur's intense thought of his beloved prevents him from answering; when approached or attacked, he unhorses many youths and injures Kai.
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