THE FUNCTION OF MAGIC CHAINS IN THE STORY OF THE SWAN KNIGHT’S BIRTH (BASED ON THE POEM ELIOXE AND THE TALE FROM DOLOPATHOS)
In medieval sources, the Swan Knight invariably appears as a character imbued with a sacred nature. The initial section of the “Swan Knight plot”, which developed in the French tradition, is dedicated to his miraculous birth. Presumably, the plot section about the Swan Knight’s birth originates from folklore stories ab...