Motif
armed champion combat to settle a claim of honor
armed_champion_combat_to_settle_a_claim_of_honor
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Causes of War. 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 2862-2928 confidence: high
Before dawn the party rises and goes to the meadow. The Knight of the Sparrow-Hawk asks his lady-love to fetch the Sparrow-Hawk; Geraint stops her and says another maiden has the better claim, challenging the knight to battle.
Geraint directly links the disputed claim to battle with the Knight of the Sparrow-Hawk, and the dispute is pursued through jousting and sword combat.
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