Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Animal guide follows blood trail to a corpse

animal_guide_follows_blood_trail_to_a_corpse

A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


arthurian

  • The High History of the Holy Graal BRANCH IV. / INCIPIT. / TITLE I. / VIII.; lines 2929-3055 confidence: high

    The brachet follows a blood track through the forest; Gawain follows it to a marsh with an ancient decayed house, crosses a feeble bridge over great water, and enters a wasted old hall.

    The brachet finds and follows the track of blood, leading Gawain to the decayed house where the dead knight lies.

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