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Sir Gawain And The Wife Of Bath
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....tory standing amongst the latter versions of a group of analogues which in the main incorporate two chief motifs, viz., that of the Transformed Hag (Loathly Lady) and that of the hero's fate depending upon his answer to a baffling problem. There is perhaps a third motif common to all, that of the hero's being tested fo.... Part 2 of Paper
....rtainly not with an eye to source study.
If we count the magical nature of the meeting with the hag as a separate feature from her transformation, then there eight features which these tales, or most of them, share in common with Chaucer's:
1) A magical meeting with the Hag occurs in DS, DR, KH and MG. This last is uncertain, as several leaves are missing.
2) The Hag is magically transformed into a fair maiden in all the tales except SD. Jo Janet's equivalent of the transformation is the.... |
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