Motif
prophecy marks that a hero will not die in a given fight
prophecy_marks_that_a_hero_will_not_die_in_a_given_fight
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Battle and War Portents. 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 ENEMIES OF IRELAND / CHAPTER II. CAEL AND CREDHE / CHAPTER III. CONN CRITHER / CHAPTER IV. GLAS, SON OF BREMEN; lines 7301-7359 confidence: medium
Madan comes ashore, fights Glas, and dies by him; the narration says it was not in the prophecy that Glas would find his death there.
Madan dies because the narration says it was not in the prophecy that Glas would find his death there.
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