Motif
companion bound to the hero’s road
companion_bound_to_the_hero_s_road
A motif of the The Hero's Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
celtic (1) · celtic welsh (1)
celtic
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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 3677-3756 confidence: medium
Geraint suffers in the sun; blood and sweat make his armor cling to his flesh, his wounds pain him, and he stands under a tree in the wood while the maiden stands under another tree.
Enid accompanies Geraint through the wood and tells Arthur that she must journey by the same road that Geraint journeys.
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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 3678-3757 confidence: medium
"through the blood and sweat, Geraints armour cleaved to his flesh"; Geraint stands under a tree against the sun, and the maiden stands under another tree.
Enid accompanies Geraint and tells Arthur that it behoves her to journey by the same road that Geraint journeys.
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