Motif
uncurable wound with heart displaced
uncurable_wound_with_heart_displaced
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family, within the sub-family Vulnerable body points, protective apertures, and altered vital anatomy. 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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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 12074-12189 confidence: high
Cethern describes a pair of young warriors of the Fian who thrust spears at him and whom he speared; Fingin says their wounds severed the strings of his heart and cannot be cured; Cuchulain identifies them as Norwegian champions sent by Ailill and Medb.
Fingin says the wounds from the foreign champions have severed the strings of Cethern's heart so that it rolls in his breast, and declares that no cure or rescue is possible.
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