Motif
Concealed identity through name refusal and changed shield
concealed_identity_through_name_refusal_and_changed_shield
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
arthurian
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The High History of the Holy Graal BRANCH XII. / TITLE I. / BRANCH XIII. / TITLE I.; lines 7758-7854 confidence: high
The damsel says she is going after a knight carried in a litter for the dead; Gawain says he saw him pass late; the knight asks Gawain not to ask his name until he asks Gawain’s.
Perceval refuses to disclose his name and bears an unfamiliar gold shield with a green cross so that he may not be known.
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