Motif
Water ordeal during capture of the quarry
water_ordeal_during_capture_of_the_quarry
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Survival, Environmental, and Endurance Ordeals. 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 5256-5344 confidence: medium
Osla Kyllellvawr, Manawyddan son of Llyr, Kacmwri, and Gwyngelli seize Twrch Trwyth, catch him first by the feet, and plunge him in the Severn until it overwhelms him.
Twrch Trwyth is plunged into the Severn, where the water overwhelms him, and two of Arthur's men are drawn into the deep during the same episode.
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