Motif
enchanted sleep prevents a meeting
enchanted_sleep_prevents_a_meeting
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Reunion, Messengers, and Tokens. 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 PROLOGUE IN FAIRYLAND / FROM THE LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI / THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / EGERTON VERSION; lines 1371-1506 confidence: medium
Ailill lies awake during the night, but when the appointed time comes, a heavy sleep falls on him and he sleeps until his rising hour.
Ailill falls into heavy sleep at the appointed time, and Mider later claims he prevented Ailill from coming to the tryst.
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