Motif
supernatural cattle event initiating a heroic conflict
supernatural_cattle_event_initiating_a_heroic_conflict
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cattle Raid and Livestock War. 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / FROM THE YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN (FOURTEENTH CENTURY) / THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 12464-12580 confidence: high
The woman says she has power against Cuchulain because she is at the guarding of his death; she brought the cow from the fairy-mound of Cruachan to breed by the Black Bull of Cualnge, and Cuchulain will live until the calf is a yearling.
The woman says the cow from the fairy-mound is to breed by the Black Bull of Cualnge and that this will lead to the Tain bo Cualnge.
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