Motif
Supernatural female lament for a hero
supernatural_female_lament_for_a_hero
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Lament for the Fallen Warrior. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
celtic irish
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Heroic Romances of Ireland THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH / TAIN BO FRAICH / Part I / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 10095-10225 confidence: high
Three times fifty women in crimson tunics, green head-dresses, and silver brooches are seen on Cruachan; they lament for Fraech, son of Idath, boy-darling of the king of the Side of Erin.
Women of the Side or Boand appear in a large group and raise a lament for Fraech; the passage links this to the Lament-cry of the Women of the Fairies.
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