Motif
Female provider sustains warriors with milk and healing
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A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Divine Food, Nectar, Milk, and Immortality. 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 CHAPTER III. CONN CRITHER / CHAPTER IV. GLAS, SON OF BREMEN / CHAPTER V. THE HELP OF THE MEN OF DEA / CHAPTER VI. THE MARCH OF THE FIANNA; lines 7458-7504 confidence: high
Credhe gives each of the Fianna battle dress, and Finn has her come along; she brings a great herd of cattle.
Credhe equips the Fianna, accompanies them with cattle, supplies new milk through the long battle, and her house receives the wounded for healing.
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