Motif
heroic life performed before a judging community
heroic_life_performed_before_a_judging_community
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men WITH A PREFACE BY W.B. YEATS / DEDICATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IRISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK / AUGUSTA GREGORY. / PREFACE; lines 419-501 confidence: medium
Reading of the Fianna, Cuchulain, or a great hero suggests that fine life is a part played before fine spectators; examples include O'Connell’s glove and Alexander stopping for a plane-tree.
The passage states that the fine life is a part played before fine spectators and illustrates this with heroic or exemplary figures including Osgar.
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