Motif
foretold conjunction of northern man and southern woman
foretold_conjunction_of_northern_man_and_southern_woman
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Beloved Imagery and Poetry. 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: medium
Lairgnen, king of Connacht, is married to Deoch; the passage identifies them as the Man from the North and Woman from the South spoken of by Aoife. Deoch desires the birds and demands that Lairgnen bring them to her.
The passage identifies Lairgnen and Deoch as the Man from the North and Woman from the South whose coming together Aoife had spoken of.
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