Motif
attachment to homeland over otherworldly reward
attachment_to_homeland_over_otherworldly_reward
A motif of the Otherworld and Enchanted Realm 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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Gods and Fighting Men GODS AND FIGHTING MEN: / ARRANGED AND PUT INTO ENGLISH BY LADY GREGORY. / WITH A PREFACE BY W.B. YEATS / DEDICATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IRISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK; lines 68-98 confidence: medium
"We would not give up our own country--Ireland--if we were to get the whole world as an estate, and the Country of the Young along with it."
The cited saying refuses to give up Ireland even in exchange for the whole world and the Country of the Young.
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