Motif
Animal skin that grows to a wounded body
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A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Transformative Magic and Enchantment Reversal. 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 BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON / CHAPTER II. MEARGACH'S WIFE / CHAPTER III. AILNE'S REVENGE; lines 13584-13678 confidence: high
Ailne refuses to bring the cup at first; after Conan says he only asks not to die stripped bare, she brings a sheepskin, puts it on his back, and it fits, grows to him, and covers his wounds.
Ailne places a sheepskin on Conan's back, and it fits, grows to him, and covers his wounds.
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