Motif
Attempted entrapment of the hero in a castle
attempted_entrapment_of_the_hero_in_a_castle
A motif of the The Hero's Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
arthurian
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The High History of the Holy Graal BRANCH XXIX. / TITLE I. / BRANCH XXX. / TITLE I.; lines 14152-14246 confidence: medium
Lancelot invokes God against the damsel's devils; the damsel asks him to come into her castle for safety or return the sword and depart.
The damsel says that without the sword Lancelot would have been carried into her castle and never left.
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