Motif
Protective wonder-animal circles a hero under taboos
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A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Apotropaic Protection and Sympathetic Magic. 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 BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS / CHAPTER II. BLACK, BROWN, AND GREY / CHAPTER III. THE HOUND; lines 6939-7029 confidence: high
The Iruath sons propose sending their hound around Finn three times daily to protect him, with prohibitions against fire, arms, and another dog; the hound wears a red-gold chain, circles and touches Finn three times, and produces mead-like sound and apple-garden scent.
The hound circles Finn three times daily, touches him three times, prevents harm or robbery, and is subject to prohibitions against fire, arms, and another dog.
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