Motif
destruction of supernatural or mound dwellings in war
destruction_of_supernatural_or_mound_dwellings_in_war
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Supernatural Combat. 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland GENERAL NOTES / THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / PAGE 8 / PAGE 9; lines 6516-6568 confidence: medium
“There shall be abundant and many wars / through the war for thee on Echaid of Meath, / destruction shall be on the elf-mounds, / and war upon many thousands.”
The poem states that destruction shall be on the elf-mounds during the predicted wars.
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