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| Tradition | Source | Passage | Confidence | Evidence | Record |
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| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 2749-2841 | medium | Aeneas and the fleet hold mid passage, look back on the city gleaming with hapless Elissa's funeral flame, and the Trojans make gloomy guesses about the blaze. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 3131-3185 | high | “the flying reed blazed out amid the swimming clouds, traced its path in flame, and burned away on the light winds; even as often stars shooting from their sphere draw a train athwart the sky.” | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD / BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY; lines 4596-4688 | high | Allecto hurls her torch at Turnus and pierces his breast with a lurid smoking brand. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD / BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY; lines 4862-4943 | high | Caeculus, founder of Praeneste, is believed to have been born of Vulcan among herds and found beside the hearth; a rustic battalion from several places attends him. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD / BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY; lines 4945-4992 | medium | Turnus' high triple-crested helmet bears a Chimaera breathing Aetnean fires, growing fiercer with battle and bloodshed. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 5716-5801 | medium | The Mother wards brands from her holy ships; a strange light and voice announce: “Disquiet not yourselves ... to guard ships of mine ... go, goddesses of the sea; the Mother bids it.” | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2400-2513 | high | The voices say the princess is in the power of Maimoum, son of Dimdim, and describe a cure using white hairs from a black cat's tail, burned so that their smoke perfumes her head. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2739-2840 | high | The combatants rise in proper forms breathing fire; the Sultan is burned, the eunuch is killed, the narrator loses one eye, and the princess wins, leaving the genius as ashes. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | END OF THE STORY OF THE THOROUGHBRED. / END OF THE STORY OF THE FORD. / END OF THE STORY ON CONSTANCY. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET.; lines 12612-12668 | medium | “Seek then the skies, ye birds! ... our very home and refuge / Itself has brought forth danger!” | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 4522-4607 | medium | “Dispelling darkness in the world, held aloft the torch of truth.” | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 5759-5862 | medium | The Bodisat becomes more disgusted with lusts; the splendid apartment seems like a charnel-house, and life in various worlds seems like staying in a house taken by devouring flames. He resolves on the Great Renunciation. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN / CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAGH TUIREADH; lines 2411-2509 | high | Balor orders his eyelid lifted; Lugh throws a red spear through Balor's eye, the fallen eye kills three times nine Fomor, Ireland would have burned in a flash if it were not put out, and Lugh beheads Balor. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN / CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAGH TUIREADH / CHAPTER IV. THE HIDDEN HOUSE OF LUGH; lines 2571-2647 | high | Lugh went away; some said he died at Uisnech, where the five provinces meet and where Mide kindled Ireland's first fire for the sons of Nemed; that fire burned six years and supplied every chief fire in Ireland. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR / PART TWO: THE FIANNA. / BOOK ONE: FINN, SON OF CUMHAL. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF FINN; lines 5888-5976 | medium | Finn circles Teamhair, hears the sorrowful music, uses the spear at his forehead, remains awake while Aillen lulls the others, and holds his crimson cloak against the mouth-flame, which falls into the ground with the cloak. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) | PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 2602-2647 | high | Images from Little Daedala festivals are kept until the Great Daedala every sixty years, then dragged on carts to the river Asopus and Mount Cithaeron, where animals, the wooden altar, brushwood, and the images are burned in a very large blaze. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX.; lines 10422-10627 | high | Entries list London midsummer pageants, Luchon midsummer fire ceremony, Masuren midsummer fire festival, Metz midsummer fires, European fire festivals at midsummer, burning effigies in midsummer fires, Midsummer Eve superstitions, and magic plants gathered on Midsummer Eve. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 6175-6255 | high | At Luchon on Midsummer Eve, a sixty-foot hollow wicker column interlaced with foliage and surrounded by flowers was filled with combustibles; living serpents were thrown in and the column was set on fire. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX.; lines 9976-10195 | medium | "Herefordshire, midsummer fires"; "Holland ... Easter fires"; "Ireland ... midsummer fires"; "Isle of Man ... midsummer bonfires"; "Hottentot ... sheep driven through the fire" | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | INTRODUCTION / BIBLIOGRAPHY / HESIOD / HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS; lines 1532-1621 | high | The gods hide livelihood from humans; Zeus hides fire after Prometheus deceives him, and Prometheus steals fire back for humans in a hollow fennel-stalk. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9516-9643 | high | Meleager wasted away when his mother Althea burned the brand on which his life depended, after he had slain her brothers in the dispute over the Calydonian boar’s hide. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 12542-12674 | high | The heroes describe divine energy, burning hearts, strengthened limbs, and readiness to face Hector. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21072-21199 | medium | At dawn Agamemnon sends a chosen band with mules, wagons, axes, and ropes under Meriones' care; they cut oaks in Ida's woods and bring wood back to the sandy shore. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS. / BOOK IX. / ARGUMENT. / THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES.; lines 9744-9875 | high | Victors scale the walls and flames rise; the wife appears with cries and tears, describes slain heroes, overthrown palaces, ravished matrons, and enslavement; the warrior hears and saves the city. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 14739-14905 | high | The mother names the first danger after one day of travel: a stream of fire with a fire-spout, rock, fiery hillock, and a flaming eagle sharpening beak and talons for strangers. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 14739-14905 | high | The mother names the second danger after two days of travel: a pit of fire in the highway, extending east and west, filled with burning coals and pebbles, which has swallowed hundreds and thousands. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 1501-1670 | medium | Tursas, a mighty giant, rises from the ocean, compresses the raked grasses, fire burns the windrows to ashes, and he plants an acorn among leaves in the ashes; the oak quickly grows. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23564-23746 | medium | Ilmatar says the Fire-child is hard to find, has done mischief, and fell from ether and cloud-rims through the heavens to Palwoinen’s uncovered rooms. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 338-431 | medium | The Sun and Moon are stolen from heaven and hidden in a cave of a copper-bearing mountain by the wicked hostess of Sariola; Ukko, compared with Atlas, relinquishes support of the heavens, thunders near dark clouds, and strikes fire from his sword to make a new sun and moon. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 8955-9137 | high | Wainamoinen makes a smithy from his armor and clothing, uses his knees as anvil and forearm as hammer, and forges for three days in Wipunen's abdomen. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 11663-11812 | high | Those who believed and worked righteously are caused by their Lord to enter mercy and bliss. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 14942-15074 | high | Abraham's people answer, 'Slay him or burn him'; God saves him from fire; Abraham warns that idol-based union will become denial and cursing on Resurrection, and Lot believes him. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 19896-20006 | high | Usury-takers rise at resurrection like one touched by Satan; selling is allowed and usury forbidden; returning to usury after warning leads to the fire forever. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 21366-21498 | high | Believers are told to fear God, die as Muslims, hold fast by God's cord without breaking loose, remember former enmity changed into brotherhood, and recall being drawn back from the brink of a pit of fire. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 22363-22471 | high | Those who wrongfully swallow the substance of the orphan shall swallow 'fire into their bellies' and burn in flame. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 8518-8693 | medium | The Djinn report trying the heavens and finding a mighty garrison and flaming darts; anyone sitting at listening seats finds an ambush of flaming darts. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 12006-12093 | high | Some say no apostle should be credited unless he comes with a sacrifice consumed by fire; the reply says earlier apostles came with proofs and the mentioned miracle, yet were slain. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28211-28268 | high | After fulfilling the term, Moses journeys with his family toward Egypt and sees fire on the side of Mount Sinai. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XXVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28631-28720 | high | Abraham's people say, "Slay him, or burn him," but God saves him from the fire; Abraham says idols cement affection in this life and that on the day of resurrection the people will deny and curse one another and dwell in hell fire. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | ENTITLED, Y. S.; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 31094-31213 | high | The people say to build a pile and cast Abraham into the glowing fire; they devise a plot, but God makes them inferior and delivers Abraham. | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 2555-2683 | high | Jelāl teaches that if a beast seeking refuge is spared, a human who turns to God will be saved from hell-fire and led to heaven; disciples rejoice with music, dancing, alms, and clothing for poor singers. | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 6225-6332 | high | Sparks from flint and steel enter tinder-like hearts, but a thief in the dark extinguishes them before a flame rises; the speaker asks God for shielding and grace. | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 7247-7354 | high | The Jewish king reproaches the fire, asking why its destructive power does not consume the Christians who spurn it. | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | FROM THE WORK ENTITLED / THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II.; lines 813-935 | medium | The Seyyid sends Jelāl a letter calling him to his father’s resting-place and warning that from that hill a fire will shower down on Qonya. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11350-11455 | high | Medea kills Pelias, goes to Corinth, finds Jason married to Creon's daughter, sets fire to the palace so princess and father are consumed, murders her two children by Jason before him, and flees. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4013-4051 | low | The passage reports the ancient idea that sling stones became red hot in flight because of their speed. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1128-1209 | high | The billet groans or seems to groan as it burns; Meleager, distant and unsuspecting, suffers secret fire, speaks of his family, and dies as the fire and pain are extinguished together. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9935-10029 | medium | Polyphemus says he fears Galatea more than lightning, asks why she loves Acis, threatens to tear Acis apart and scatter his limbs through fields and waves, and compares his slighted passion to Aetna's flames in his breast. | record |
| Sufi | Mystics and Saints of Islam | CHAPTER XIV / JALALUDDIN RUMI / CHAPTER XV / CHAPTER XVI; lines 4896-4988 | medium | Mian Mir tells the Emperor that Mullah Shah may speak incautiously in ecstasy, but warns that this holy man is a consuming fire and that persecution could bring disaster. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | DIANA. / HEPHAESTUS (VULCAN). / VULCAN. / POSEIDON (NEPTUNE).; lines 3296-3398 | high | The Cyclops are sons of Poseidon and Amphitrite, gigantic, one-eyed, lawless, without fear of the gods, and workmen of Hephaestus in volcanic Mount AEtna. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS; lines 12098-12221 | high | Surtr rides through a fiery breach with a flaming sword and followers; Bifröst sinks beneath their horses as they ride toward Asgard. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12874-12978 | high | Fates and Norns preside over birth and foretell futures; Meleager's preserved brand is compared with Nornagesta's concealed candle-end, each tied to death. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CONTENTS / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING; lines 456-592 | medium | The gods set sparks from Muspells-heim in the heavenly vault as stars and use the brightest sparks for sun and moon in golden chariots. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7824-7975 | medium | The passage interprets Balder as the setting sun or clear summer light, Hodur as darkness or winter, Vali as new light after winter, and Loki as fire jealous of Balder's pure heavenly light. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI; lines 8051-8171 | high | Loki is described as originally the personification of hearth fire and life, later becoming a combined god-and-devil figure and an originator of deceit among the Æsir. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9430-9545 | high | Fearing further harm, Sigmund and Sinfiotli wait until the ninth night, when the wolf-skins drop off; they throw the skins into the fire, the skins are consumed, and the spell is broken forever. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV / BOOK V; lines 2289-2384 | medium | Calypso is at her loom in a cave with a hearth fire, cedar and sandalwood smoke, surrounding trees, nesting birds, grapevine, four running streams, violets, and herbage; Mercury admires the place. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXI. The Rousing Of Khara. / Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle.; lines 29695-29863 | medium | Ráma blocks the storm of missiles with arrows, remains undismayed, and is described with wrath and splendour like flame while shooting at the giants. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXV. The Tidings. / BOOK VI.(895) / Canto IV. The March. / Canto XI. The Summons.; lines 49276-49447 | medium | Vibhishan rebukes Indrajit's rashness, warns of Raghu's son's fiery arrows, and urges Ravana to give riches and restore Sita to Rama. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXVIII. The Chieftains. / Canto XXXI. The Magic Head.; lines 51281-51416 | medium | Malyaván says sages and saints perform worship, chant Vedic hymns, keep sacred fires burning, and that their fervour and rites make Rákshas might weak. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell.; lines 52409-52579 | medium | Wind, red lightning, shaking mountains, rising waves, and uprooted seaside trees create a violent disturbance. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto CVIII. The Battle. / Canto CIX. The Battle. / Canto CXIV. Vibhishan Consecrated. / Canto CXVI. The Meeting.; lines 55883-56065 | medium | Ráma says the army crossed the sea not from love for Sítá but for honor and law; he says his love is gone, calls her stained by shame, and tells her to go where she wishes but not with him. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO.; lines 64295-64428 | high | “The conflagration which destroys the world at the end of a Yuga or age.” | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65549-65703 | high | Vedavati, daughter of King Kusadhwaja, becomes an ascetic; after Ravan insults her, she enters fire and is later born again as Sita to destroy him. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 1543-1614 | medium | Achilles's curse of Apollo, insolence to Scamander, dedication of hair to Patroclus despite prior dedication to Spercheius, dragging Hector's body, and slaying captives at the pyre are condemned as meanness and cruelty. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM; lines 14413-14505 | high | MacRoth describes a terrifying company at Slane led by a white-grey hero and two youths; one scans the clouds, and the company works spells so the elements war and rain-clouds of fire fall on the men of Erin's camp. | record |