Motif
concealed wound revealed by requested tool
concealed_wound_revealed_by_requested_tool
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Wounded, Fallen, and Avenged. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS / CHAPTER IV. THE WOOD OF DUBHROS / CHAPTER V. THE QUARREL; lines 12435-12549 confidence: high
Grania asks Diarmuid not to leave her, comparing her growing love to fresh branches of a tree; he reproaches her for striking him for the Fomor's sake. At a cave with running water, she asks for a knife to cut food and discovers it still in Diarmuid's thigh, then draws it out.
Diarmuid leaves the knife in his thigh; when Grania asks for a knife to cut food, he tells her to look where she put it, and she removes it from the wound.
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