Motif
Burning associated with trial or judgment
burning_associated_with_trial_or_judgment
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Hell and Punitive Fire. 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 8 / PAGE 9 / PAGE 10 / PAGE 11; lines 6571-6591 confidence: low
Literal translation of a quatrain: Fuamnach, wife of Mider, is called ignorant; Sigmall and Bri with its trees in Bri Leth are said to have been a full trial and to have been burned by means of Manannan.
The quatrain links a “full trial” with Sigmall and Bri with its trees being burned by means of Manannan.
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