Motif
Beloved's cry awakens the wounded hero
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A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Reunion, Messengers, and Tokens. 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 C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 3759-3843 confidence: high
The Earl strikes Enid; her louder cry causes Geraint to revive from his swoon, rise on the bier, take his sword from the hollow of his shield, kill the Earl at the table, and cause the company to flee in dread of a dead man rising.
Geraint revives from his swoon at the sound of Enid's cry after the Earl strikes her.
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