Motif
Hero protects last threatened dwelling from supernatural female attackers
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A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Monster, Demon, and Giant Slaying. 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 1694-1778 confidence: medium
Peredur enters a castle opened by an auburn-haired youth; a stately lady among handmaidens warns that nine sorceresses of Gloucester and their parents threaten them and have laid waste all but this dwelling.
The countess says the sorceresses have laid waste all the country except the dwelling, and Peredur stays to help and subdues one attacker.
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