Motif
Skilled strangers outcompete local craftsmen and provoke lethal hostility
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A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Craft Rivalry and Excluded Makers. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 7114-7206 confidence: high
Manawyddan's saddle-work prevents saddlers in Hereford from selling except to those unable to get his work; the saddlers assemble and agree to slay him and his companions.
In three towns, craft success by Manawyddan and Pryderi causes local saddlers, shield-makers, or cordwainers to lose trade and plan violence.
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