Motif
Courtship encounter at water
courtship_encounter_at_water
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Bride Contest and Suitor Trials. 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 MORTALS / IMMORTALS / TAIN BO FRAICH / THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH; lines 9181-9351 confidence: medium
Fraech is sad because he wants a word with Findabar/Finnabar; at dawn he goes to the brook to wash and finds Ailill's daughter and her maid at the water, then takes the maiden's hand and says he came seeking her.
Fraech meets the king's daughter at a brook where both parties are associated with washing or cleansing, then declares his suit.
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