Motif
Love-sickness as wasting illness
love_sickness_as_wasting_illness
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Lovesickness and Longing. 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 CHAPTER IV. THE MORRIGU / CHAPTER V. AINE / CHAPTER VI. AOIBHELL / CHAPTER VII. MIDHIR AND ETAIN; lines 3495-3597 confidence: high
After the feast, Ailell is overcome by desire and envy, becomes sick, wastes away for a year, and will not tell Eochaid the cause.
Ailell's hidden desire and envy make him sick for a year; the physician identifies jealousy or unfulfilled love as the cause.
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