Motif
armed watcher defeats supernatural-seeming intruder
armed_watcher_defeats_supernatural_seeming_intruder
A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. 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 PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 6307-6392 confidence: medium
Teirnyon Twryv Vliant, lord of Gwent Is Coed, has a beautiful mare whose colts vanish every first of May night; he resolves to watch armed.
Teirnyon arms himself, waits for the foaling, sees a claw seize the colt through the window, and cuts off the arm.
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