Motif
avenging insult to humble or marginal figures
avenging_insult_to_humble_or_marginal_figures
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Guilt. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic welsh
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The Mabinogion INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC; lines 1780-1856 confidence: medium
Peredur identifies Kai as the knight he injured and says this began to avenge the insult to the dwarf and dwarfess; Gwalchmai embraces him, names are exchanged, and fellowship is pledged.
Peredur connects Kai's injury with avenging the insult to the dwarf and dwarfess, and Arthur confirms Kai ill-treated them.
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