Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

welcomed guest becomes target of kin vengeance

welcomed_guest_becomes_target_of_kin_vengeance

A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Feud. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


celtic welsh

  • The Mabinogion INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC; lines 2359-2434 confidence: high

    The lord gives Gwalchmai a ring-token for the porter and sends him to a tower where the lord's sister sits beside a large smokeless blazing fire; she welcomes him, they eat, and converse.

    Gwalchmai is welcomed and fed in the tower, then accused of having slain the Earl's father and threatened by armed men.

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