Motif
Death governed by prophecy
death_governed_by_prophecy
A motif of the Death Attributed to Fate or Destiny family. 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. THE ENEMIES OF IRELAND / CHAPTER II. CAEL AND CREDHE / CHAPTER III. CONN CRITHER / CHAPTER IV. GLAS, SON OF BREMEN; lines 7301-7359 confidence: medium
Madan comes to land and fights Glas; because it was not in the prophecy that Glas would die there, Madan is killed by Glas.
During Glas's fight with Madan, the passage states that Glas does not die there because it was not in the prophecy that he would find his death there.
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