Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

miraculous drink filling empty vessels

miraculous_drink_filling_empty_vessels

A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Miraculous Provision and Abundance. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


celtic irish

  • Gods and Fighting Men BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS / CHAPTER II. BLACK, BROWN, AND GREY / CHAPTER III. THE HOUND; lines 6845-6937 confidence: high

    When the Fianna have no water, a young man takes 312 drinking-horns and fills them with beer three times; the place is named the Little Rath of Wonders.

    When the Fianna have no water, one young man fills hundreds of drinking-horns with beer three times.

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