Motif
Delayed consequence after escaped antagonist
delayed_consequence_after_escaped_antagonist
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. 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 V. THE BEST MEN OF THE FIANNA / BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS / CHAPTER II. BLACK, BROWN, AND GREY; lines 6714-6821 confidence: low
In the morning Finn receives the cup and knife, praises Dubh and Dun, and tells Glasan that leaving the hag alone might have been better because the escaped third young man may bring trouble.
Finn warns that the escaped young man may bring trouble, and the next episode begins after twenty-one years with a mysterious Red-Haired Man entering Finn's service.
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