Motif
woodland hunter hero with animal attentiveness
woodland_hunter_hero_with_animal_attentiveness
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Animal Allies and Heroic Animal Identity. 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 WITH A PREFACE BY W.B. YEATS / DEDICATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IRISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK / AUGUSTA GREGORY. / PREFACE; lines 100-191 confidence: high
Cuchulain’s story is associated with wild wood giving way to pasture and tillage; Finn is described as always in the woods, with battles only hours among years of hunting, delighting in the sounds of ducks, blackbird, ox, eagle, grouse, and otter.
Finn is described as always in the woods, hunting for years, and taking delight in the calls and sounds of many animals.
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