Motif
underworld animal as seed of future cattle raid
underworld_animal_as_seed_of_future_cattle_raid
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cattle Raid and Livestock War. 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 / INTRODUCTION / THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / FROM THE YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN (FOURTEENTH CENTURY); lines 12247-12408 confidence: high
The woman says she drove the cow from the Under-world Country of Croghan to breed by the Dun Bull of Darry mac Feena in Cualgne; Cuchulain's life will endure while the calf is a yearling, and then the Raid of Cualgne will begin.
The cow is said to come from the Under-world Country of Croghan to breed by the Dun Bull of Cualgne; the woman links the calf's yearling stage to Cuchulain's life and the beginning of the Raid of Cualgne.
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