Motif
boast followed by royal imprisonment until proof
boast_followed_by_royal_imprisonment_until_proof
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall 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 PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN; lines 8823-8915 confidence: high
Elphin boasts that his wife is exceptionally virtuous and that his bard is more skilful than all the king's bards; the king orders him into strong prison to test the wife's virtue and the bard's wisdom.
Elphin's boast about his wife and bard leads Maelgwn to imprison him until the claims are proven, and he is imprisoned again when he resists the accusation.
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