Motif
human grief mirrored by protective animal parent
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A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Natural Mourning. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 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 100-191 confidence: high
Sorrowing queens are said to sympathize with wild birds and beasts; Credhe, wife of Cael, searches among bodies, sees a crane and two nestlings threatened by a fox, and says the bird’s distress over its nestlings explains her own love for her sweetheart.
Credhe’s mourning is paralleled with a crane’s distress as it protects nestlings from a fox.
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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 100-191 confidence: high
Credhe, wife of Cael, searches bodies for her comrade; she sees a crane protecting two nestlings from a fox, notes the bird would risk death to save them, and compares the crane's distress with her own love for her sweetheart.
Credhe sees a crane risking herself to protect nestlings from a fox and uses the bird's distress to express her own love for Cael.
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