Motif
Final baptism, ordered burial, and heavenly salvation
final_baptism_ordered_burial_and_heavenly_salvation
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage family. 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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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS / CHAPTER XV. LAEGAIRE IN THE HAPPY PLAIN / BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR; lines 5604-5666 confidence: high
Fionnuala asks Mochaomhog to baptize them because death is near, asks him to make their grave, and specifies Conn at her right, Fiachra at her left, and Aodh before her face.
Fionnuala asks for baptism and specifies the grave arrangement; the children are baptized, die, are buried under an Ogham-inscribed stone, are keened, and heaven is gained for their souls.
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