Motif
Animal's shining covering becomes identity-giving garment
animal_s_shining_covering_becomes_identity_giving_garment
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER XIII. FINN AND THE PHANTOMS / CHAPTER XIV. THE PIGS OF ANGUS / CHAPTER XV. THE HUNT OF SLIEVE CUILINN / BOOK FIVE: OISIN'S CHILDREN; lines 10308-10401 confidence: high
The King of Spain asks his Druid about Beara's husband; the Druid says the destined husband will land that night and tells Beara to go to the river Eibhear for a crimson-spotted salmon with shining clothing to make into a shirt.
Beara strips the salmon's shining or crimson clothing, makes it into a shirt for Eoghan, and the shirt's brightness gives him the name Eoghan the Bright.
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