Motif
madness or wasting after supernatural separation
madness_or_wasting_after_supernatural_separation
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 FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.) / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3753-3880 confidence: high
Cuchulain sees Fand going from him to Manannan and asks Laeg what it means; Laeg replies that Fand is going away with Manannan the Son of the Sea because she has not been pleasing in Cuchulain’s sight.
After Fand leaves, Cuchulain leaps away, remains at Tara Luachra for a long time without meat or drink, dwells on mountains, and sleeps on the road.
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