Motif
Magically fashioned non-human bride
magically_fashioned_non_human_bride
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Love, Kinship, and Marriage Transformations. 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 7857-7953 confidence: high
Gwydion says there is no army and that the tumult was made to break Arianrod's prophecy and obtain arms for her son; Arianrod then lays a destiny that he shall never have a wife from the race now inhabiting the earth.
Math and Gwydion form a wife from blossoms by charms and illusion in response to a destiny barring an earthly wife.
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