Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Heart-blood loss from longing

heart_blood_loss_from_longing

A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Lovesickness and Longing. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


celtic irish

  • Gods and Fighting Men BOOK SIX: DIARMUID. / CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF DIARMUID / CHAPTER II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT / CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE; lines 10725-10807 confidence: high

    Diarmuid finds three drops of blood, puts them in a napkin, and says the greyhound lost them.

    The princess says that every time she thought of Diarmuid on her journey, she lost a drop of the blood of her heart; Diarmuid has collected three drops.

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