Motif
Desire for a renowned outsider across a marriage boundary
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A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Lovesickness and Longing. 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland INTRODUCTION / THE DRIVING OF THE CATTLE OF FLIDAIS / THE DRIVING OF THE CATTLE OF FLIDAIS / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 11988-12117 confidence: high
Flidais is Ailill Finn’s wife; she loves Fergus mac Rog because of glorious tales and sends messengers to him weekly.
Flidais, though wife of Ailill Finn, loves Fergus because of tales about him and maintains contact through messengers.
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