Motif
supernatural amplification of heroic dread
supernatural_amplification_of_heroic_dread
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Warrior Imagery and Radiance. 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 10223-10351 confidence: high
Cuchulain mounts the chariot and advances to the ford while goblins, fiends, sprites, demons, and the Tuatha De Danann cry around him to increase the dread and terror of him in battle.
Supernatural beings cry around Cuchulain so that dread, fear, fright, and terror of him increase in battle.
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