Motif
Privileged hide as sleep-place
privileged_hide_as_sleep_place
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Wonder Objects and Marvelous Implements. 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 THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY; lines 5389-5450 confidence: high
Inside the house are dusty gloomy cells; an old hag makes a smoky fire with chaff; on the other side lies a yellow calf-skin, described as a main privilege for anyone who gets upon it.
The yellow calf-skin is singled out as a privileged place, and Rhonabwy sleeps only after moving onto it.
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