Motif
champion avenges insult to a lady's maiden
champion_avenges_insult_to_a_lady_s_maiden
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. 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 3018-3109 confidence: high
A watchman tells Gwenhwyvar of approaching people; she identifies the knight as the one Geraint pursued and says Geraint has avenged the insult to the maiden.
Gwenhwyvar interprets Geraint's pursuit and defeat of Edeyrn as avenging the insult to her maiden, and later thanks him for retribution.
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