Motif
curse placed after kin-slaying in animal form
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A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family, within the sub-family Retributive and Dying Curses. 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 XI. FINN'S MADNESS / CHAPTER XII. THE RED WOMAN / CHAPTER XIII. FINN AND THE PHANTOMS / CHAPTER XIV. THE PIGS OF ANGUS; lines 10074-10174 confidence: medium
Angus says the black pig was "no common pig" but "my own son," and says the son of the King of the Narrow Sea, the son of the King of the Sea of Gulls, the son of Ilbhrec son of Manannan, and seven score sons of kings and queens fell with him.
Angus says Bran killed her own foster-brother and curses her to never see any deer she kills.
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