Motif
secret speech against an all-hearing enemy
secret_speech_against_an_all_hearing_enemy
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
celtic (1) · celtic welsh (1)
celtic
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Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race CHAPTER VI: TALES OF THE OSSIANIC CYCLE / CHAPTER VIII: MYTHS AND TALES OF THE CYMRY / GODS OF THE HOUSE OF LLYR / ARTHUR AND HIS KIN; lines 10513-10603 confidence: high
Lludd and Llevelys speak through a brazen tube because the Coranians can hear anything said if the winds carry it; the passage notes a similar property attributed to Māth son of Māthonwy.
Lludd and Llevelys use a brazen tube because the Coranians can hear everything said if the wind carries it.
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celtic welsh
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The Mabinogion THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS; lines 8432-8528 confidence: high
The first plague is the Coranians, a race whose knowledge lets them know any discourse on the island if the wind meets it.
Because the Coranians can learn speech carried by wind, Lludd travels in secrecy and the brothers attempt to use a brass horn to discourse without being overheard.
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