Motif
prophetic battlefield doom speech
prophetic_battlefield_doom_speech
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN / THE GREAT ROUT ON THE PLAIN OF MURTHEMNE FOLLOWETH HERE BELOW / THE SCYTHED CHARIOT; lines 8788-8903 confidence: high
The speech says that if the Twisted one is present, men's bodies will fall, grave-stones and martyrs will increase, and corpses will lie beneath his feet.
The speeches foretell slaughter, corpses, graves, ravens' feeding, and the outcome of combat before the action unfolds.
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