Motif
prophetic severed head foretells violent retribution
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Rejected Warner and Communal Destruction. 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 III. DONN SON OF MIDHIR / CHAPTER IV. THE HOSPITALITY OF CUANNA'S HOUSE / CHAPTER V. CAT-HEADS AND DOG-HEADS / CHAPTER VI. LOMNA'S HEAD; lines 9050-9097 confidence: high
After Coirpre orders the head outside, it says: "It is in many pieces you will be" and that great fires will be lighted by Finn in Luigne.
After being put outside, the head foretells Coirpre's dismemberment and fires in Luigne, immediately before Finn arrives and kills Coirpre and his men.
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