Motif
helper prepares hero's special weapon through controlled water
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A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Divine and Named Weapons. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
celtic irish
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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11171-11287 confidence: high
Laeg goes to the river brink and dammed freshwater area, fills the pool, checks the ford, and sets the Gae Bulga; Ferdiad's charioteer watches because Ferdiad had told him to hold Laeg back.
Laeg dams, fills, and checks the stream to set the Gae Bulga for Cuchulain.
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