Motif
admired maiden withheld by courtly custom
admired_maiden_withheld_by_courtly_custom
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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The Nibelungenlied TWENTY-FOURTH ADVENTURE / TWENTY-FIFTH ADVENTURE / TWENTY-SIXTH ADVENTURE / TWENTY-SEVENTH ADVENTURE; lines 12967-13147 confidence: medium
Many fond glances are directed at Ruediger's daughter because of her beauty; knights also glance at other maidens and ladies, but their wishes are not fulfilled.
Knights admire Ruediger's daughter, but their wishes are not fulfilled; later she is left among the maidens while the margravine sits with the guests, and the guests grieve because they cannot behold her.
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