Motif
ominous vision of a blood-bathed host
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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.
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1 traditions
celtic irish
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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge CONTENTS / PREFACE / WORKS ON THE TAIN BO CUALNGE / THE PILLOW-TALK; lines 1318-1467 confidence: high
Fedelm answers: "Crimson-red from blood they are; / I behold them bathed in red!"
Fedelm's divinatory answer is a vision of the assembled host as crimson-red from blood and bathed in red.
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