Motif
Magical making from natural materials
magical_making_from_natural_materials
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Unusual Materials for Magic Objects. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
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 7770-7855 confidence: high
Gwydion walks by the seashore, turns sedges and seaweed into a boat, makes fine Cordovan leather from dry sticks and sedges, begins shoemaking by Arianrod’s port, and disguises himself and the boy.
Gwydion creates a boat from sedges and seaweed and leather from dry sticks and sedges, then the work later disappears back into seaweed and sedges.
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