Motif
Animal ally discerns and destroys traitors
animal_ally_discerns_and_destroys_traitors
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning 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 XXVIII. / XXIX. / XXXI. / XXXII.; lines 10729-10753 confidence: high
Perceval looks at the lion to know what he should do; he sees that the lion thinks the knights traitors and disloyal, that their destruction would make the King in the castle lose his force, and that the lion will help him slay them.
Perceval looks to the lion for what he should do, reads the lion as judging the knights traitors, and the lion then attacks, bites, slays, and disposes of their bodies.
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