Motif
dangerous fiery weapon restrained by water
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A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Divine and Named Weapons. 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 REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 1565-1661 confidence: high
Lugh identifies the spear as the deadly Luin of the King of Persia; its head is kept in a vessel of water to keep it from burning down its place, and it will be hard to get.
The Luin spear is deadly, and its head is kept steeped in water so that it will not burn down the place where it is kept.
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