Motif
Rejuvenating animal guide or bearer
rejuvenating_animal_guide_or_bearer
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Animal and Nature Helpers. 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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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER V. THE BEST MEN OF THE FIANNA / BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS / CHAPTER II. BLACK, BROWN, AND GREY; lines 6714-6821 confidence: medium
The Fianna are reluctant to bury the Red-Haired Man on Inis Caol, but Finn says he will not break his word, places the body on an old white horse that has grown younger on the hills, and follows it with twelve Fianna.
The old white horse has grown younger rather than older and is allowed to choose the way while carrying the corpse.
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