Motif
beloved recalled through triadic color imagery in nature
beloved_recalled_through_triadic_color_imagery_in_nature
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Beloved Imagery and Poetry. 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 rests on his spear; Gwalchmai approaches without hostility. Peredur explains that he was thinking of his beloved through snow, raven, and blood drops from a hawk-killed bird, comparing their colors to her appearance.
Peredur interprets snow, raven, and blood as likenesses of his beloved's whiteness, black hair and eyebrows, and red cheeks.
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