Motif
Courtly tale-for-hospitality frame
courtly_tale_for_hospitality_frame
A motif of the Storytelling and Narrative as Sacred Power family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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celtic welsh
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The Mabinogion CONTENTS / INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN; lines 352-444 confidence: high
Arthur says he will sleep while awaiting his meal and asks the others to tell tales; Kai fetches mead, a golden goblet, and broiled meat, then asks for his story; Owain prompts Kynon to tell it.
Arthur authorizes food, mead, and tale-telling; Kai supplies the promised provisions and then claims the story owed to him.
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