Motif
Tryst threatened by armed wife and female retinue
tryst_threatened_by_armed_wife_and_female_retinue
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Forbidden and Transgressive Love. 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 FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.) / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3587-3751 confidence: high
Cuchulain sleeps with the lady, abides with her for a month, then arranges a tryst with her at the Strand of the Yew-Tree's Head.
Emer learns of Cuchulain's tryst with Fand, whets knives to slay her, and arrives with fifty women.
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