Motif
vanishing adversary with stolen horse
vanishing_adversary_with_stolen_horse
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Theft, Stolen Goods, and Pursuit. 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 INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC; lines 2571-2609 confidence: medium
Peredur reaches the grove and challenges a fight; a black man rises from beneath the cromlech on a bony horse, both in rusty armour, and repeatedly regains his saddle when thrown down.
The black man fights Peredur and disappears with both his own horse and Peredur's horse when Peredur draws his sword.
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