Motif
retainers’ foreboding before lord’s combat
retainers_foreboding_before_lord_s_combat
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Battle and Conflict 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 XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 10006-10118 confidence: high
Ferdiad’s folk are not joyful but sad, because they know that when the two champions and bulwarks meet, one or both will fall, and they believe their king and lord may be the one to fall.
Ferdiad’s people are sad and downcast because they believe that one or both champions will fall and that their own lord may die.
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