Motif
maiden whose footsteps produce flowers
maiden_whose_footsteps_produce_flowers
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Beloved Imagery and Poetry. 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 4398-4488 confidence: high
Olwen is clothed in flame-coloured silk and wears a ruddy gold collar with emeralds and rubies; her hair, skin, hands, eyes, bosom, and cheeks are described by comparisons to flowers, foam, hawk or falcon eyes, swan, and roses.
Olwen is described as exceptionally beautiful, and four white trefoils spring wherever she treads, giving her name.
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