Motif
fire-like red warrior troop
fire_like_red_warrior_troop
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Warrior Imagery and Radiance. 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 THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY; lines 5452-5541 confidence: medium
Rhuvawn’s troop approaches the ford; they are served with mead and bragget, loved by kings’ daughters, praised for facing peril, all red as blood, and one knight appears like a pillar of fire; the troop encamps above the ford.
Rhuvawn’s troop is uniformly red as blood, and a knight riding from it resembles a pillar of fire across the sky.
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