Motif
swan appearance after abduction
swan_appearance_after_abduction
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Transformations into Animal Forms. 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 LITERAL TRANSLATION / TEXT OF LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI / INTRODUCTION / TEXT WITH INTERLINEAR TRANSLATION; lines 13622-13657 confidence: medium
"carried her off over skylight of the house"; the hosts rise up about the king.
After the woman is carried off and disgrace falls on the hosts, two swans are seen around Tara.
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