Motif
attempt to evade prophetic disclosure by changing the murder weapon
attempt_to_evade_prophetic_disclosure_by_changing_the_murder_weapon
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Dream Interpretation, Divination, and Omen Responses. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 1361-1459 confidence: medium
Cian asks for mercy, says killing him in human shape will bring an exceptionally heavy fine, and says the arms used will tell the deed to his son; Brian answers that stones, not weapons, will kill him.
Cian says the arms used to kill him will tell the deed to his son, and Brian responds that he will be killed with stones rather than weapons.
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