Motif
beings emerge from a slain monster's body
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A motif of the Primordial Sacrifice and Dismemberment family, within the sub-family Beings and Species from a Primordial Body. 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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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER V. THE BEST MEN OF THE FIANNA / BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS / CHAPTER II. BLACK, BROWN, AND GREY; lines 6714-6821 confidence: medium
Glasan hides beneath dead bodies in a house; a one-legged, one-armed hag with one long upper tooth eats from fat bodies, sleeps, and is killed by Glasan. Three young men leap from her body; Glasan and Bran kill two, and the third escapes.
After Glasan kills the hag, three young men leap from her body; two are killed and one escapes.
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