Motif
blood breaks enchantment
blood_breaks_enchantment
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Transformative Magic and Enchantment Reversal. 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 II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT / CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE / CHAPTER IV. THE HARD SERVANT / CHAPTER V. THE HOUSE OF THE QUICKEN TREES; lines 11272-11333 confidence: high
Some nearby Fianna hear the sorrowful music and fight Miodac’s forces but cannot withstand them. Diarmuid kills Miodac and the Three Kings and removes the enchantment from the floor of the House of the Rowan Trees with their blood.
The enchantment is removed from the house floor with the blood of the defeated hostile figures.
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