Motif
Beloved supplies weapon for hero’s rescue
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A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Reunion, Messengers, and Tokens. 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
After Ailill asks for more berries, Fraech goes into the middle of the water and a serpent catches him; he asks for a sword, but no man dares give it because of fear of Ailill and Medb.
Find-abair enters the water with the sword when men on land will not help Fraech, enabling him to kill the monster.
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