Motif
wrong redressed by knightly combat
wrong_redressed_by_knightly_combat
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family False Accusation and Fraud Exposed. 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 INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC; lines 1531-1610 confidence: high
The woman accuses Peredur of causing his mother's death, identifies the dwarfs as belonging to his parents, identifies herself as his foster-sister, and says her husband was killed by the knight in the glade.
A grieving widow identifies the killer of her husband; Peredur buries the corpse, defeats the killer, and imposes compensatory terms.
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