Motif
supernatural cry as summons
supernatural_cry_as_summons
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Messengers and Prophets. 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
Cuchulain hears a dire cry from the north while asleep, wakes violently, goes outside without weapons, and his wife follows with his arms and clothing.
A terrifying cry from the north wakes Cuchulain and motivates him and Laeg to follow it to the encounter.
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