Motif
fairy vengeance
fairy_vengeance
A motif of the Otherworld and Enchanted Realm family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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Heroic Romances of Ireland PART II / LITERAL TRANSLATION / THE RAID FOR DARTAID'S CATTLE / INTRODUCTION; lines 10579-10614 confidence: high
“a good example of fairy vengeance”; the troop's appearance “recalls similar descriptions in the Tain bo Fraich, and in the Courtship of Ferb.”
The introduction explicitly describes the story as “a good example of fairy vengeance.”
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Heroic Romances of Ireland PART II / LITERAL TRANSLATION / THE RAID FOR DARTAID'S CATTLE / INTRODUCTION; lines 10579-10614 confidence: high
The story is described as "simple and straightforward" and "a good example of fairy vengeance".
The introduction explicitly characterizes the story as a good example of fairy vengeance.
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