Motif
craft feat performed through three ritualized blows
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A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Crafting Trials and Miraculous Production. 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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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF DIARMUID / CHAPTER II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT / CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE / CHAPTER IV. THE HARD SERVANT; lines 10963-11051 confidence: high
Feradach, the Very Brave, says he has a carpenter's axe and a sling, and that three axe-blows on the sling-stick can get a ship large enough for many men if they bow their heads.
Feradach says three axe-blows on his sling-stick can obtain a ship, and when he performs the three blows the bay and harbour fill with ships and boats.
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