Motif
Inexhaustible or unfillable vessel used as trap
inexhaustible_or_unfillable_vessel_used_as_trap
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family, within the sub-family Flawed, Insatiable, and Trapping Vessels. 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 PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 6161-6214 confidence: high
Rhiannon tells Pwyll to return after a year with the bag, station his hundred knights in the orchard, enter alone in ragged garments, ask for a bagful of food, and rely on the bag not becoming full even with the meat and liquor of the seven Cantrevs.
Rhiannon says the small bag will not become full even with vast quantities of food and drink, and that Gwawl can be trapped in it when he presses down the food.
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