Motif
beloved or spouse won through persuasion or enchantment
beloved_or_spouse_won_through_persuasion_or_enchantment
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Bride Contest and Suitor Trials. 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 V. THE QUARREL / CHAPTER VI. THE WANDERERS / CHAPTER VII. FIGHTING AND PEACE / CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN; lines 13088-13146 confidence: medium
Finn secretly visits Grania; she rejects him harshly, but he continues gentle and loving speech until he brings her to his own will.
Finn secretly comes to Grania, persists in gentle speech until she goes with him, and the passage reports that some attributed her change to enchantment.
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