Motif
Unexpected helper joins fugitives and provides protection
unexpected_helper_joins_fugitives_and_provides_protection
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Healing and Provision. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men BOOK SEVEN: DIARMUID AND GRANIA. / CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS; lines 11733-11826 confidence: high
On Finnliath marsh they meet Muadhan, a young man seeking a master; he offers day service and night watch, Grania advises keeping him, and they bind one another by agreement.
Muadhan appears on the road, offers service and night-watch, carries the pair across rivers, shelters them, feeds them, and keeps watch.
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