Motif
Alternative rousing of the incapacitated hero
alternative_rousing_of_the_incapacitated_hero
A motif of the The Hero's Journey family. 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland MAC DATHO'S BOAR / FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.) / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION; lines 2611-2704 confidence: medium
The Literary form begins with Cuchulain being roused from his sick-bed; the agency differs, with a son of the fairy king in the Antiquarian form and Emer in the Literary form.
The two story forms differ in the agency that rouses Cuchulain from his sick-bed: a son of the fairy king in one form and Emer in the other.
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