Motif
battlefield carrion birds foretold
battlefield_carrion_birds_foretold
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Battle and Conflict Portents. 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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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 11289-11433 confidence: medium
Ferdiad says he has fallen, says the blow from Cuchulain's right foot was mighty, and says it was not fair to fall by Cuchulain's hand. In verse he speaks of Cuchulain's guilt, his own blood, Medb turning his hand, and rooks and crows coming to eat flesh and blood.
Ferdiad's dying poem says rooks and crows will come to gaze on his arms and eat flesh and blood.
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