Motif
Beloved keeps vigil through song
beloved_keeps_vigil_through_song
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS / CHAPTER IV. THE WOOD OF DUBHROS / CHAPTER V. THE QUARREL / CHAPTER VI. THE WANDERERS; lines 12552-12675 confidence: high
Grania watches Diarmuid while he sleeps, says she has given him her love, invokes four directional examples of sleep connected with lovers or women taken or journeying despite opposition, and says parting from him would be like life parting from the body.
Grania watches over Diarmuid, sings him to sleep, and then sings to rouse him from danger.
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