Motif
deserved ordeal by enchanted forest custom
deserved_ordeal_by_enchanted_forest_custom
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
arthurian
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The High History of the Holy Graal XIII. / XVII. / XVIII. / XXII.; lines 4597-4629 confidence: medium
Gawain asks why it rains on his side of the river but not the other; the squire replies, “This have you deserved, for such is the custom of the forest.”
The squire states that Gawain has deserved the rain and that such is the custom of the forest.
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