Motif
Impossible recovery task under threat of death
impossible_recovery_task_under_threat_of_death
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Rescue Quests and Passage Through Hostile Obstacles. 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland MORTALS / IMMORTALS / TAIN BO FRAICH / THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH; lines 9528-9700 confidence: high
Ailill displays jewels, calls Finnabar, asks for the ring he gave her, and threatens her life when she says it is lost.
Ailill demands Finnabar restore the lost ring or die, while declaring the recovery effectively impossible.
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