Motif
immense age measured by erosion and ecological change
immense_age_measured_by_erosion_and_ecological_change
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family World Ages and Historical Cycles. 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 C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4967-5059 confidence: high
The embassy asks the Ousel of Cilgwri about Mabon, taken from his mother at three nights old; the Ousel says it has never heard of him, describes the worn anvil as a marker of age, and offers to guide them to older animals.
The Ousel, Stag, Owl, and Eagle each describe great age through material or landscape changes: an anvil worn away, an oak's lifespan, successive woods, and a rock reduced in height.
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