Motif
marvelous or fiery bodily attribute
marvelous_or_fiery_bodily_attribute
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family, within the sub-family Divine Light and Sacred Radiance. 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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Gods and Fighting Men PART ONE. BOOKS ONE, TWO, AND THREE / BOOK FOUR / THE EVER-LIVING LIVING ONES / PART TWO. THE FIANNA; lines 15633-15803 confidence: low
The author says the story was heard or read by Mr Yeats, who had written of Caoilte's burning hair in one of his poems.
The passage mentions the phrase Caoilte's burning hair in connection with a poem by Yeats.
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