Motif
battle with sea waves
battle_with_sea_waves
A motif of the Sacred Waters and Passage Through Water family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 69 / PAGE 71 / PAGE 76 / PAGE 78; lines 7701-7749 confidence: medium
A white army with many horses follows Cuchulain on every side; they are called people of Manannan Mac Lir and are associated with Eogan the Stream.
The editor explicitly states that the third verse of the battle description is underlain by the idea of a battle with the waves of the sea.
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Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 69 / PAGE 71 / PAGE 76 / PAGE 78; lines 7701-7749 confidence: medium
"A white army, very red for multitudes of horses" followed the speaker; they are called "people of Manannan Mac Lir."
The final commentary explicitly states that the idea of a battle with the waves of the sea underlies the third verse, where a pursuing army is linked with Manannan Mac Lir and Eogan the Stream.
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