Motif
Body altering the landscape
body_altering_the_landscape
A motif of the Primordial Sacrifice and Dismemberment family, within the sub-family Bodies Altering Landscapes and Producing Vegetation. 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 C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4228-4311 confidence: high
The passage names Arthur's maternal uncles, figures from beyond the raging sea, rulers of France and Ireland, and Gilla Coes Hydd, who clears three hundred acres at one bound and is called chief leaper of Ireland.
Gilla leaps over three hundred acres, Gwadyn Ossol levels the highest mountain underfoot, and Gwadyn Odyeith clears Arthur's way.
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