Motif
Widow and mother keening over slain husband and sons
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A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Mourning Kin. 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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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN / BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON / CHAPTER II. MEARGACH'S WIFE; lines 13249-13366 confidence: high
Ailne asks where her husband and sons are; Finn answers: “the three you are asking for fell in fight.”
Ailne asks for her husband and sons, is told they are dead, stands over their bodies, and performs an extended lament naming her losses.
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