Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

ritual forgetting as cure for love and jealousy

ritual_forgetting_as_cure_for_love_and_jealousy

A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Enchanted Foods and Potions Causing Binding, Sleep, and Forgetting. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


celtic irish

  • Heroic Romances of Ireland FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.) / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3753-3880 confidence: high

    The Druids give Cuchulain a drink of forgetfulness so that he no longer remembers Fand or what he did; they also give Emer a drink of forgetfulness so she may forget jealousy.

    Druids give Cuchulain a drink so he forgets Fand and his actions, and give Emer a drink so she forgets jealousy.

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