Motif
Repeated public warning of social catastrophe
repeated_public_warning_of_social_catastrophe
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM; lines 12951-13083 confidence: high
Sualtaim rides Liath of Macha to Emain and cries: "Men are slain, women stolen, cattle lifted, ye men of Ulster!"
Sualtaim repeatedly cries that men are slain, women stolen, and cattle lifted, and later expands the warning with details of captives, livestock, and Cuchulain's condition.
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