Motif
wondrous hound that subdues wild beasts
wondrous_hound_that_subdues_wild_beasts
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Wonder Objects and Marvelous Implements. 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 II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 1565-1661 confidence: high
Lugh identifies the whelp as Fail-Inis of the King of Ioruaidh, the Cold Country; all wild beasts fall down at her sight, she is very beautiful, and she will be hard to get.
Fail-Inis is described as a whelp before whom all wild beasts of the world would fall down.
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