Motif
Beloved brings weapon to endangered hero
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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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celtic irish
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Heroic Romances of Ireland THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH / TAIN BO FRAICH / Part I / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 9989-10093 confidence: high
When Fraech goes back for more berries, a serpent catches him. He asks for a sword; no man dares give it. Find-abair leaps into the water with the sword, and Ailill throws a five-pronged spear at her; Fraech catches it.
No man dares give Fraech a sword, but Find-abair leaps into the water carrying it and leaves it in his hand.
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