Motif
found child becomes poet and warrior
found_child_becomes_poet_and_warrior
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family, within the sub-family Youthful Champions, Animal Companions, and Social Rise. 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 I. THE COMING OF FINN / CHAPTER II. FINN'S HOUSEHOLD / CHAPTER III. BIRTH OF BRAN. / CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S MOTHER.; lines 6249-6275 confidence: high
He wakes on the hillside where hounds found him and later searches for the place where he was raised but cannot find it.
The found boy is named Oisin by the Fianna and later becomes their maker of poems and a good fighter.
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