Motif
ominous arrival bringing woe to a watcher
ominous_arrival_bringing_woe_to_a_watcher
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Apparitions and Supernatural Visionary Beings. 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 118 / PAGE 121 / PAGE 124 / PAGE 126; lines 8308-8369 confidence: high
“Woe for him who shall be upon the hillock” waiting for the hound; the figure is named “the Hound of Emain Macha,” “the Hound of battle,” and has “hues of all colours.”
The speaker warns the person on the hillock that woe will come with the arrival of the hound.
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