Motif
Beloved described through snow, raven, and blood
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A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing 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 INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC; lines 1780-1856 confidence: high
Peredur says he looked on “the snow,” “the raven,” and “the drops of the blood,” and likened them to his beloved’s whiteness, black hair and eyebrows, and two red cheek-spots.
Peredur maps three visual elements—snow, raven, and two blood-drops—to the beloved’s whiteness, black hair and eyebrows, and red cheek-spots.
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