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Loss of sustaining wife and benefactor brings decline

loss_of_sustaining_wife_and_benefactor_brings_decline

A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family United in Death. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

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celtic irish

  • Heroic Romances of Ireland LITERAL TRANSLATION / THE DRIVING OF THE CATTLE OF FLIDAIS / INTRODUCTION / THE DRIVING OF THE CATTLE OF FLIDAIS; lines 11964-11985 confidence: medium

    Flidais dies by the shore of Bali; after her death Fergus's household fares worse because his needs had come from her wealth and bounty.

    After Flidais dies, Fergus's household worsens because her wealth and bounty had supplied his needs.

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