Motif
unwitting healing of an adversarial supernatural woman
unwitting_healing_of_an_adversarial_supernatural_woman
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
-
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN; lines 8046-8157 confidence: high
Cuchulain drinks three milkings and blesses the woman; her eye, head, and leg are healed. The Morrigan reveals herself, and Cuchulain says he would not have healed her if he had known her identity.
Cuchulain heals the Morrigan without knowing her identity and says he would not have healed her had he known it was she.
read in the book →