Motif
collective lament for the fallen champion
collective_lament_for_the_fallen_champion
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Lament for the Fallen Warrior. 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 BOOK NINE: THE WEARING AWAY OF THE FIANNA. / CHAPTER I. THE QUARREL WITH THE SONS OF MORNA / CHAPTER II. DEATH OF GOLL / CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE OF GABHRA; lines 14070-14133 confidence: high
The Fianna come keening Osgar; at noonday Finn approaches with the remains of the Sun-banner raised on a spear-shaft.
The Fianna abandon keening their own kin to keen Osgar, Finn laments him, and the survivors give three sorrowful cries after him.
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