Motif
animal helper carries heroes to hidden captive
animal_helper_carries_heroes_to_hidden_captive
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Animal Rescues, Guides, and Provisions. 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 C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4967-5059 confidence: high
The Salmon of Llyn Llyw says it travels upstream toward Gloucester with every tide and has found wrongdoing there; Kai and Gwrhyr ride on its shoulders to the prison wall and hear lamentation from the dungeon.
The Salmon carries Kai and Gwrhyr on its shoulders to the prison wall, enabling the discovery of Mabon.
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