Motif
Blood tokens revealing slain kin
blood_tokens_revealing_slain_kin
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs family. 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 2571-2609 confidence: high
A yellow-haired youth kneels to Peredur, asks friendship, says he came as the black maiden and with the bloody head and blood-streaming lance, identifies the head as Peredur's cousin's, says the sorceresses killed the cousin and lamed Peredur's uncle, identifies himself as Peredur's cousin, and states a prediction of vengeance.
The youth says he carried a bloody head in a salver and a lance streaming with blood; he identifies the head as that of Peredur's cousin killed by the sorceresses.
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