Motif
hero demands fair arms before combat
hero_demands_fair_arms_before_combat
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Battle Preparation and Ritual. 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 INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC; lines 2002-2071 confidence: high
The next day the black man arms himself and tells Peredur to suffer death; Peredur asks for equal terms or arms, and the maiden brings arms for him.
Peredur refuses to suffer death unarmed and asks either that the black man remove armor or that arms be given to him.
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