Motif
Healing under time limit and threat
healing_under_time_limit_and_threat
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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Gods and Fighting Men BOOK FOUR: HUNTINGS AND ENCHANTMENTS. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF BRITAIN'S SON / CHAPTER II. THE CAVE OF CEISCORAN / CHAPTER III. DONN SON OF MIDHIR; lines 8737-8837 confidence: high
Luibra says he can cure the wounds for a good reward and that it will take nine days; Caoilte says the reward will be his life, but threatens to strike off his head if the men are not healed.
Luibra requires nine days and a reward to heal the wounded men; Caoilte makes the reward his life and threatens death if the cure fails; the men are healed within nine days.
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