Motif
Animal guide follows blood trail to a corpse
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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.
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arthurian
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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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