Motif
fire and water used to resist sleep
fire_and_water_used_to_resist_sleep
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Survival, Environmental, and Endurance Ordeals. 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / EGERTON VERSION / THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI VERSION; lines 1598-1692 confidence: medium
Etain says there is another day; that night Ailill keeps watch with a great fire before him and water beside him to put upon his eyes.
After missing the tryst through sleep, Ailill keeps watch with a great fire before him and water beside him for his eyes.
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