Motif
battlefield scavenger omen
battlefield_scavenger_omen
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination 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 HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM; lines 14806-14954 confidence: high
Short excerpt: "Ravens shall pick / The necks of men! / Blood shall gush"; the same verse also speaks of hacked skins, pierced sides, ruin, lines strewn under foot, and woe or hail for Erna and Ulster.
The Morrigan's verse begins with ravens picking the necks of men and continues with blood and bodily destruction, presenting scavenger birds as part of the expected battle aftermath.
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