Motif
Moralized paired waters of falsehood and truth
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A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family, within the sub-family Virtue and vice, truth and falsehood, and social reversal. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER I. THE KING OF BRITAIN'S SON / CHAPTER II. THE CAVE OF CEISCORAN / CHAPTER III. DONN SON OF MIDHIR / CHAPTER IV. THE HOSPITALITY OF CUANNA'S HOUSE; lines 8923-8946 confidence: high
Cuanna says the two wells and two draughts betoken Lying and Truth, explaining that lying is sweet to tell but bitter in the end.
The two wells and two draughts are said to betoken Lying and Truth, with lying sweet at first but bitter in the end.
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