Motif
altered food token signals changed fidelity status
altered_food_token_signals_changed_fidelity_status
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs family, within the sub-family Food Tokens, Hidden Idols, and Religious Tests. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS / CHAPTER IV. THE WOOD OF DUBHROS / CHAPTER V. THE QUARREL; lines 12435-12549 confidence: medium
After staying in the cave, Diarmuid leaves broken bread the next day instead of the unbroken bread he had left on other days as a sign to Finn that he had kept faith with him.
Diarmuid had previously left unbroken bread as a sign to Finn that he had kept faith, but after this episode leaves broken bread.
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