Motif
beloved as healer of the love-sick suitor
beloved_as_healer_of_the_love_sick_suitor
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family. 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland PROLOGUE IN FAIRYLAND / FROM THE LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI / THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / EGERTON VERSION; lines 1371-1506 confidence: high
"Every longing thou hast shall be sated, / For before thee, to heal thee, am I."
Etain promises that Ailill's longings shall be sated for his healing and tends him daily, dividing his food and working a healing on him.
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