Motif
anticipatory mourning for a doomed lord
anticipatory_mourning_for_a_doomed_lord
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition 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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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 10009-10121 confidence: high
Ferdiad's folk are sad and downcast because they believe that when the two champions and pillars of battle meet, one or both will fall, and if only one falls it will likely be their own king and lord, since Cuchulain is hard to fight on the Raid for the Kine of Cualnge.
Ferdiad's people are sorrowful before the fight because they believe that one or both champions will fall and fear their own king and lord will be the one to die.
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