Motif
love sickness from gazing upon a desired woman
love_sickness_from_gazing_upon_a_desired_woman
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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Heroic Romances of Ireland THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / EGERTON VERSION / THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI VERSION; lines 1598-1692 confidence: high
Ailill Anguba falls in love with Etain at the Festival of Tara after gazing at her; he becomes sick, hides the cause, and Fachtna says the deadly pang upon him is either envy or love.
Ailill gazes upon Etain after her marriage, falls into sickness from longing, and the physician identifies love as one of the possible deadly pangs.
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