Motif
misinterpreted lament provokes jealous suspicion
misinterpreted_lament_provokes_jealous_suspicion
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Grief Imagery and Song. 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 3263-3311 confidence: high
In a summer morning chamber with glass windows, sunlight falls on the couch where Geraint sleeps; Enid sees his uncovered arms and breast, laments their lost warlike fame, and her tears fall on him and wake him.
Enid laments Geraint’s lost martial fame, but he concludes that she is thinking of another man and desires other society.
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