Motif
barren joyless forest as ordeal landscape
barren_joyless_forest_as_ordeal_landscape
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal 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 VIII. / XIII. / XVII. / XVIII.; lines 16574-16672 confidence: medium
Perceval rides with desire to return to the castle where the chain of gold had appeared. He enters the Joyless Forest of the Black Hermit, described as horrible, without leaves, greenery, or birdsong, with burnt land and wide cracks.
The forest is described as loathly and horrible, without greenery or birdsong, and with burnt cracked land.
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