Motif
Last survivor lamenting a vanished heroic company
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A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Lost Heroic Age. 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 ELEVEN: OISIN AND PATRICK. / CHAPTER I. OISIN'S STORY / CHAPTER II. OISIN IN PATRICK'S HOUSE / CHAPTER III. THE ARGUMENTS; lines 14793-14932 confidence: high
Oisin recalls a westward hunt with Finn holding Bran, Oisin holding Sceolan, Diarmuid, Osgar, Conan, Caoilte, Lugaidh's Son, Goll, and other named hounds; he says none remain alive except himself.
Oisin states that all from the remembered Fianna hunt are dead except himself and repeatedly laments his old age and loss of hunting, battle, companions, poets, and feasts.
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