Motif
monstrous or animal-headed enemy peoples
monstrous_or_animal_headed_enemy_peoples
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Animal Forms, Hybrids, and Boundaries. 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 CHAPTER II. CAEL AND CREDHE / CHAPTER III. CONN CRITHER / CHAPTER IV. GLAS, SON OF BREMEN / CHAPTER V. THE HELP OF THE MEN OF DEA; lines 7362-7455 confidence: medium
The King of the World asks who will answer the Tuatha de Danaan. Comur Cromchenn, King of the Men of the Dog-Heads, and Caitchenn, King of the Men of the Cat-Heads, advance with five red-armed battalions; Bodb assigns Lir and Abarthach as matches.
The opposing kings are named as rulers of the Men of the Dog-Heads and the Men of the Cat-Heads.
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