Motif
monstrous one-eyed guardian with conditional death
monstrous_one_eyed_guardian_with_conditional_death
A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS / CHAPTER IV. THE WOOD OF DUBHROS; lines 12055-12156 confidence: high
The man is named Searbhan Lochlannach; he is black, ugly, crooked-toothed, one-eyed, wears an iron collar, and has a prophecy that he will die only after three strokes of his own iron club are struck upon him.
The guardian is one-eyed, feared, and prophesied not to die until three strokes of his own iron club are struck on him.
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS / CHAPTER IV. THE WOOD OF DUBHROS; lines 12055-12156 confidence: high
The big man is Searbhan Lochlannach, the Surly One of Lochlann; he is very black and ugly, has crooked teeth, one eye in the middle of his forehead, a thick iron collar, and a prophecy that he will not die until three strokes of his iron club are struck upon himself.
Searbhan is a one-eyed, iron-collared guardian whose death is prophesied to occur only by three strokes of his own iron club.
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