Motif
helper neutralizes pursuing beast with concealed animal
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A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Animal Rescues, Guides, and Provisions. 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 SEVEN: DIARMUID AND GRANIA. / CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS; lines 11920-12019 confidence: high
When the first hound is loosed, Muadhan tells Diarmuid to follow Grania, takes a whelp from his belt, and the whelp kills the hound by leaping through it and bringing out its heart.
Muadhan takes a whelp from his belt and uses it to kill the first hound attacking Diarmuid's party.
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