Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

commemorative or etiological stones marking violent events

commemorative_or_etiological_stones_marking_violent_events

A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Relics, Cult Images, and Sacred Stones. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


celtic irish

  • The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN; lines 6556-6677 confidence: high

    The fool and girl approach; Cuchulain detects the fool by speech, kills him with a slingstone, cuts the maiden's two tresses, pins her garments with a stone, and sets a standing-stone through the fool; the pillar-stones of Finnabair and the fool are named.

    The text names pillar-stones of Finnabair and the fool, Mag Clochair as the stony plain, and Lia of Fiachu at the place of his fall.

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