Motif
Blood-water portent of slaughter
blood_water_portent_of_slaughter
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Battle and War Portents. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN / BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON / CHAPTER II. MEARGACH'S WIFE; lines 13368-13481 confidence: high
Ailne says the stream near the dun turned to blood, an eagle came over the dun, and the tree before the dun withered.
Ailne names a stream turning to blood and a vision of a lake of blood as signs of treachery and death.
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