Comparative mythology corpus

Disfigurement In Honour Of Heroes

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Celtic Irish Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 48 / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / PAGE 57 / PAGE 58; lines 7264-7278 medium The note on "Their three blemishes" says the disfigurement of the women of Ulster in honour of chosen heroes may point to worship of those heroes as gods, but may instead be intentional rough humour in the Antiquarian form of the story. record