Motif
war-god association of hero and goddess
war_god_association_of_hero_and_goddess
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family War Deity and War Goddess. 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 PAGE 45 / PAGE 46 / PAGE 47 / PAGE 48; lines 7172-7240 confidence: medium
Editorial note: Cuchulain appears in close connection with Bodb the Goddess of War, suggesting Cuchulain's original divine nature as a war-god; Lugaid has the epithet 'son of three dogs,' with two elsewhere stated as Cu-roi and Cu-chulain and the third uncertain.
An editorial note connects Cuchulain with Bodb, identified as the Goddess of War, and says this indicates Cuchulain's original divine nature as a war-god.
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