Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

hidden endangered child

hidden_endangered_child

A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family, within the sub-family Concealment, Abduction, and Escape. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


celtic welsh

  • The Mabinogion C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4398-4488 confidence: high

    The woman opens a stone chest before the chimney-corner; a yellow-haired youth rises from it. She says Yspaddaden has slain twenty-three of her sons and this one is only a remnant.

    A youth is hidden in a stone chest because Yspaddaden has killed twenty-three of the woman's sons, and Kai offers him protection.

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