Motif
Endangered child hidden from father's enemies
endangered_child_hidden_from_father_s_enemies
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family, within the sub-family Concealment, Abduction, and Escape. 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 BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR / PART TWO: THE FIANNA. / BOOK ONE: FINN, SON OF CUMHAL. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF FINN; lines 5669-5774 confidence: high
Cumhal, Head of the Fianna, has been killed by the sons of Morna before Finn's birth; Muirne cannot keep Finn, and Bodhmall and Liath Luachra take him to care for him.
Finn is removed from his mother and nursed secretly because the sons of Morna, who killed Cumhal, are his father's enemies.
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