Motif
Castle threshold closes behind the champion
castle_threshold_closes_behind_the_champion
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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arthurian
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The High History of the Holy Graal BRANCH XII. / TITLE I. / BRANCH XIII. / TITLE I.; lines 7631-7756 confidence: medium
The knight does not advance; the narrator says he had not come to harm the Vavasour but to see adventure-seeking knights; Gawain notices that the castle door is fastened and the bridge drawn up behind him.
After Gawain rides out to meet the knight, he sees the door fastened and the bridge drawn up behind him.
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